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Learn the skills to do an effective avalanche rescue!
Coming to Detroit Lakes, MN Friday January 9, 2015
1pm-4pm, 6pm-9pm available.
This is an important part of being a mountain rider. You can save a life.
Class:
On the Snow Avalanche Transceiver & Rescue Skills Class
Sessions available.
Time:
1pm-4pm or 6pm-9pm. Friday January 9, 2015
Location: Detroit Mountain Recreation Area.
Directions:
29409 170th Ave Detroit Lakes, MN 56501
Cost:$59 (which includes $10 lift ticket covering liability) . All participants receive a discount on avalanche gear.
Sign Up:
email: duffyww1@aol.com or call Mike 970-390-9433 MST
Learn: To find a beacon in under two minutes, search efficiently for multiple beacons, probe for a victim, search techniques, lead and execute a fast rescue.
Course content:
Beacons
o Walk by test. New method.
o Search patterns.
o Transceiver functions.
o Working as a team.
o Accurate pinpointing.
o Effective shoveling.
o Common mistakes in beacon searches.
o Single and multiple burials.
• Probing.
o Finding someone without a beacon
o Effective probing and pinpointing deep burials
o Probe line.
• Rescue techniques.
o It not just looking at a beacon.
o Analyzing the avalanche and finding the most likely burial point.
o Coordination and step by step procedures for a fast rescue.
o Leadership and team work.
o Mistakes in rescue.
• Rescue scenarios.
o Group timed rescue.
o Find victims with and without beacons.
Additional Details:
Dress warm and bring your avalanche gear if you have it.
We are outside for 3 hours straight and I have never canceled a class due to weather. Lodge to warm up in.
Hat, 2 pairs gloves, snowmobile boots, layers, face mask, sunscreen, goggles,
Beacon, shovel and probe if you have them. Otherwise, I will supply.
Prerequisite: Avalanche Awareness, Avoidance and Rescue classroom session.
Limited space: Only 10 people per session.
Take the class with your riding partners.
Hope to see you there.
Mike Duffy
Avalanche1.com
Avalanche education for mountain riders.
Coming to Detroit Lakes, MN Friday January 9, 2015
1pm-4pm, 6pm-9pm available.
This is an important part of being a mountain rider. You can save a life.
Class:
On the Snow Avalanche Transceiver & Rescue Skills Class
Sessions available.
Time:
1pm-4pm or 6pm-9pm. Friday January 9, 2015
Location: Detroit Mountain Recreation Area.
Directions:
29409 170th Ave Detroit Lakes, MN 56501
Cost:$59 (which includes $10 lift ticket covering liability) . All participants receive a discount on avalanche gear.
Sign Up:
email: duffyww1@aol.com or call Mike 970-390-9433 MST
Learn: To find a beacon in under two minutes, search efficiently for multiple beacons, probe for a victim, search techniques, lead and execute a fast rescue.
Course content:
Beacons
o Walk by test. New method.
o Search patterns.
o Transceiver functions.
o Working as a team.
o Accurate pinpointing.
o Effective shoveling.
o Common mistakes in beacon searches.
o Single and multiple burials.
• Probing.
o Finding someone without a beacon
o Effective probing and pinpointing deep burials
o Probe line.
• Rescue techniques.
o It not just looking at a beacon.
o Analyzing the avalanche and finding the most likely burial point.
o Coordination and step by step procedures for a fast rescue.
o Leadership and team work.
o Mistakes in rescue.
• Rescue scenarios.
o Group timed rescue.
o Find victims with and without beacons.
Additional Details:
Dress warm and bring your avalanche gear if you have it.
We are outside for 3 hours straight and I have never canceled a class due to weather. Lodge to warm up in.
Hat, 2 pairs gloves, snowmobile boots, layers, face mask, sunscreen, goggles,
Beacon, shovel and probe if you have them. Otherwise, I will supply.
Prerequisite: Avalanche Awareness, Avoidance and Rescue classroom session.
Limited space: Only 10 people per session.
Take the class with your riding partners.
Hope to see you there.
Mike Duffy
Avalanche1.com
Avalanche education for mountain riders.
