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.

3 days4–8 people
Fitness
Technique

Itinerary

  1. 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.

  2. 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 terrain

  3. Advanced 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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