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BRP offers free snowmobile avalanche awareness classes this fall! Open to all riders, all brands.
Avalanche1.com
Avalanche education for mountain riders.
Avalanche classes specifically for snowmobilers.
Classes are effective, proven and free.
Learn: How to avoid the most deadly mistakes, what equipment works best, how to rescue effectively, evaluate terrain, avoid terrain traps, analyze stability, survive the night out and increase your skills in the mountains.
These classes make it easy to get avalanche education.
Avalanche awareness, avoidance and rescue class.
Instructor: Mike Duffy. Level I & II Avalanche instructor Colorado Mountain College, rescue/avalanche team leader/avalanche mission coordinator Vail Mountain Rescue Group. instructor Silverton Avalanche School. Graduate of National Avalanche School, National Academy of Winter Guiding, AVPRO. Mountain Snowmobiler for 20 years. Provided training for Polaris, Ski-Doo and Arctic Cat. Member American Avalanche Association. Trained by ABS, BCA, Snowpulse and Ortovox.
Upcoming classes:
Wyoming:
October 3, 2013.Gillette
location: Action Motorsports. www.actionmotorsportswy.com
3555 2nd St. Gillette, WY
Time: Thursday 6:00pm
Sign up: Call 307-687-0737
Course content:
-Introduction to avalanches, statistics, contributing factors.
-Avalanche reports.
-Signs of instability/stability analysis.
-Equipment.
-What to carry and what works best.
-Avalanche beacons.
-Fast and effective single and multiple burial searches.
-Rescue
-Avalanche survival methods
-Deploying avalanche airbag packs
-Effective hasty search techniques.
-Mistakes in rescue.
-Group Dynamics/heuristics.
-Slide show: Terrain Evaluation/terrain traps.
-Preparing for your trip.
-What to do if lost or injured.
-Stability tests.
-Scenarios.
Thank you Ski-Doo!
Avalanche1.com
Avalanche education for mountain riders.
Avalanche classes specifically for snowmobilers.
Classes are effective, proven and free.
Learn: How to avoid the most deadly mistakes, what equipment works best, how to rescue effectively, evaluate terrain, avoid terrain traps, analyze stability, survive the night out and increase your skills in the mountains.
These classes make it easy to get avalanche education.
Avalanche awareness, avoidance and rescue class.
Instructor: Mike Duffy. Level I & II Avalanche instructor Colorado Mountain College, rescue/avalanche team leader/avalanche mission coordinator Vail Mountain Rescue Group. instructor Silverton Avalanche School. Graduate of National Avalanche School, National Academy of Winter Guiding, AVPRO. Mountain Snowmobiler for 20 years. Provided training for Polaris, Ski-Doo and Arctic Cat. Member American Avalanche Association. Trained by ABS, BCA, Snowpulse and Ortovox.
Upcoming classes:
Wyoming:
October 3, 2013.Gillette
location: Action Motorsports. www.actionmotorsportswy.com
3555 2nd St. Gillette, WY
Time: Thursday 6:00pm
Sign up: Call 307-687-0737
Course content:
-Introduction to avalanches, statistics, contributing factors.
-Avalanche reports.
-Signs of instability/stability analysis.
-Equipment.
-What to carry and what works best.
-Avalanche beacons.
-Fast and effective single and multiple burial searches.
-Rescue
-Avalanche survival methods
-Deploying avalanche airbag packs
-Effective hasty search techniques.
-Mistakes in rescue.
-Group Dynamics/heuristics.
-Slide show: Terrain Evaluation/terrain traps.
-Preparing for your trip.
-What to do if lost or injured.
-Stability tests.
-Scenarios.
Thank you Ski-Doo!
Avalanche1.com
Our goal is to reduce avalanche accidents among snowmobilers and to save lives.
17 years avalanche education teaching experience.
