Description
Avalanche Awareness for Alpinists and Ice Climbers
Canmore (exact venue to be advised)
If your course is showing as SOLD OUT, please try the next available course in the drop down menu.
To be advised about upcoming course dates, please sign up HERE.
If you prefer, you can also pay by etransfer (total inc tax = $199.50) to: margo@margotalbot.com
Object of Course:
The majority of avalanche awareness is aimed at skiers, not climbers. This
course fills this void, as the curriculum is developed specifically for how ice climbers move through terrain.
What you will learn in this course:
- Understand and apply the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES)
- Identify the key inputs that cause avalanches
- How to forecast for macro terrain (i.e. large start zones overhead)
- How to forecast for micro terrain that you will approach and climb through
- How to terrain map avalanche terrain using google earth and caltopo
- How human factors affect our decision-making positively or negatively
- Backstop your decision making with daily process PeakPLANNINGProcedure
- How to use online resources and applied skills to make educated terrain choices
- How to use companion rescue gear
Course Instructor
Brent Peters is ex-military turned IFMGA guide. He is an avid ice climber and skier, as well as the owner of PeakSTRATAGEM Mountain School.
Margo Talbot will be hosting your course and assisting Brent. She is the creator of The Move. Margo has been ice climbing in the Canadian Rockies for 30 years.
Follow-up information will be sent once you have paid for your course.
Upgrading to AST1
If you’d like to upgrade this weekend course and get a certificate for AST 1, you will need to take an additional day in the field. Field day involves viewing climbs and discussing avalanche paths. In the morning we will focus on how to read and assess the terrain above the climbs. We will then move closer to the base of the climbs to practice probing, beacon searching, and the latest shovelling techniques.
Scheduled date is January 7, 2023. Cost $95 (plus GST).
Email for details or to book directly with PeakSTRATAGEM.
If you’ve already completed AST1, and wondering if this course is for you, read on.
This course has a curriculum that is tailored specifically to ice climbers.The first half day there will be some overlap with your previous AST1 course as we go over the fundamentals of snow science and what causes avalanches. For the remainder of the course we launch into curriculum that specifically pertains to alpine and ice climbing.
NOTE:
- All curriculum will take place in the classroom
- The hours of the course are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on both days. If you only want to sign up for one day, email us to discuss.
Reminder: To be advised about upcoming courses, please sign up HERE.
