Avalanche training course
Winter · Ski touring
For beginners or advanced
Participants learn to recognise avalanche hazards, analyse weather and snow conditions and assess the risk. The focus is on practical exercises with avalanche transceivers, probes and shovels, so that you can act quickly and effectively in an emergency. The course is aimed at winter sports enthusiasts, mountaineers and ski tourers who want to increase their own safety and that of their groups.
Itinerary
3-day avalanche training
We meet in Andermatt and take the Glacier Express together for a few minutes up to the Oberalp Pass.
Here we start our avalanche training with the aim of learning safe behaviour in the winter mountains.Content
Basics of avalanche hazards and risk assessment.
Analysis of weather and snow conditions.
Interpreting avalanche bulletins correctly.
Practical exercises:
Using an avalanche transceiver, probe and shovel.
Emergency management and efficient rescue techniques.Greater safety for yourself and your own group. Basics
Avalanche bulletin
Decision-making strategy
Emergency and additional equipment
Transceiver training
Legal questions
Tour planning
Warning signs in the terrainAdvanced course
Product information
Snow and avalanche science
Typical patterns
Transceiver and accident training
Snowpack testing
Tour planning
Training tour
Avalanche training course
An avalanche training course provides basic knowledge and practical skills to move safely in the winter mountains. Participants learn to recognise avalanche hazards, analyse weather and snow conditions and assess the risk. The focus is on practical exercises with avalanche transceivers, probes and shovels, so that you can act quickly and effectively in an emergency. The course is aimed at winter sports enthusiasts, mountaineers and ski tourers who want to increase their own safety and that of their groups.
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