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Four Hour Avalanche Classes
Specifically for snowmobilers
Upcoming classes.
December 13 Elk River
location: Sno Ghosts Club House 6405 229th Ave NW Elk River, MN 55330
Time: 6:00-10:00pm Monday.
Sign up: duffyww1@aol.com or Zac Scott: 612-819-1999 zac@iceometric.com
December 16 Amboy (near Mankato)
location: Amboy Snowbirds clubhouse across street from Trail Side Sports 217 E. Main Amboy, MN 56010. www.trailsidesports.net
Time: 6:00-10:00pm Thursday.
Sign up: Bruce 507-674-3667 or email: info@trailsidesports.net
Classes are effective, proven and affordable.
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.
All participants
receive a discount on avalanche gear.
Cost $49. Must sign up in advance, limited space.
Take the class with those you ride with.
Four hour 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 Walter Kirch Avalanche Seminars, graduate of National Avalanche School, National Academy of Winter Guiding, AVPRO. Mountain Snowmobiler for 20 years. Member American Avalanche Association. Trained by BCA, Snowpulse, and Ortovox.
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.
Specifically for snowmobilers
Upcoming classes.
December 13 Elk River
location: Sno Ghosts Club House 6405 229th Ave NW Elk River, MN 55330
Time: 6:00-10:00pm Monday.
Sign up: duffyww1@aol.com or Zac Scott: 612-819-1999 zac@iceometric.com
December 16 Amboy (near Mankato)
location: Amboy Snowbirds clubhouse across street from Trail Side Sports 217 E. Main Amboy, MN 56010. www.trailsidesports.net
Time: 6:00-10:00pm Thursday.
Sign up: Bruce 507-674-3667 or email: info@trailsidesports.net
Classes are effective, proven and affordable.
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.
All participants
receive a discount on avalanche gear.
Cost $49. Must sign up in advance, limited space.
Take the class with those you ride with.
Four hour 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 Walter Kirch Avalanche Seminars, graduate of National Avalanche School, National Academy of Winter Guiding, AVPRO. Mountain Snowmobiler for 20 years. Member American Avalanche Association. Trained by BCA, Snowpulse, and Ortovox.
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.
