March Avalanche Training – Kootenays
Avalanche Skills Training Level 1
March Avalanche Training – Kootenays
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- Build confidence with your equipment and companion rescue skills;
- Use the Avaluator to identify avalanche terrain for decision making in areas rated with the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale;
- Learn to identify avalanche terrain;
- Understand Avalanche Canada bulletins and danger ratings;
- Understand snowpack basics, how snow loads, slab formation, release, weak layer ID and signs of snow instability;
- Engage in trip planning;
- Determine your own level of risk tolerance and how this applies in a group setting;
- Understand group dynamics for better decision making;
- Learn the limitations of AST Level 1 material and the path for continued training.
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