Learning from Experience.

With over 35 years of experience in guiding in complex terrain and challenging avalanche conditions and being actively involved in training mountain guides, Ruedi learned that a full week Advanced Avalanche Awareness course is essential for all skiers who like to ski in avalanche prone back-country terrain and in more complex alpine slopes. This is why Ruedi keeps teaching these courses in the challenging and instructive terrain found around the Durrand Glacier Chalet and the more high alpine Mt.Moloch chalet. Learning from the endless variety of terrain while skiing in the trees, alpine and on snow covered glaciers. The terrain is the classroom and you learn as you climb to peaks or ski unknown large slopes. The most instructive part of this course is that the students (ski guests) lead and Ruedi will instruct and help everybody to fully understand how it is done at a more safe and efficient level.

Course Dates:

Advanced Avalanche Awareness & Mountain Safety Course for Ski-Touring
Canadian Avalanche Center & Selkirk Mountain Experience AST level 2 certificate

Minimum skiing per day: 5000 v.feet (1600 v.m.)
Group size: aiming for 6 guests per group
Location: Durrand Glacier Chalet and Mt. Moloch Hut
Date: Sat. January 7, 2012 - Sat. January 14, 2012 (7 nights)
Price: CND. $2100.00 plus applicable taxes

Due to high demand, we have decide to schedule a second Avalanche Awareness Course this winter.

Date: Sat. January 21, 2012 - Sat. January 28, 2012 (7 nights)
Price: $2200.00 plus applicable taxes

Course Outline:

Saturday

Advanced avalanche beacon course, deep burial scenario
Full snow profile

Sunday to Friday

Daily snow-test profiles, variety of snow-stability tests
Evaluation of snow-stability tests
Applying snow-stability tests to safe and efficient route finding in sub-alpine and alpine (up-hill, down-hill)
Evaluating slope mechanics, skier impact on slope while up-hill walking and down-hill skiing
Safe and efficient route finding in crevassed glaciers
Navigation in poor weather in large alpine terrain
Map, compass, GPS
Route planning and preparation
Injured skier rescue systems
Rope handling on crevassed glaciers
Glacial crevasse rescue systems
Hut to hut skiing, dependent on weather
Course Certificate, AST 2

Avalanche Awareness and Ski Mountaineering Leadership Courses