Level 1 Refresher Course with the
Silverton Avalanche School.
Friday, December 18-19, 2009
$185 per person (dinner,breakfast and lunch too!)
The Silverton Avalanche School is the nation’s oldest continuously running avalanche education program. Since 1962 the Silverton Avalanche School has educated skiers, snowboarders, snowmobilers, ski patrollers, search and rescue personnel, and law enforcement officers about the hazards of avalanches. Over 4,000 students have learned how to recognize avalanche hazards, determine snow stability, organize and carry out rescue operations and handle avalanche emergencies.
Silverton, sits at 9,318 feet, 50 miles north of Durango, Colorado. Silverton is surrounded by numerous avalanche paths -- a natural avalanche laboratory -- providing students with an active and accessible classroom. The curriculum is taught by nationally recognized members of the American Avalanche Association (AAA) and a host of mountain rescue specialists. Furthermore, the Silverton Avalanche School adheres to the AAA’s Guidelines for Avalanche Course Curriculum.
This refresher course will include 1 night at St Pauls Lodge and 1 day in the field! This refresher will provide up to date information on the following:
+ Avalanche terrain and terrain traps
+ Basic route selection
+ Snow pack layering
+ Current snowpack conditions and weather effects (bulletin)
+ Avalanche rescue scenario: including probing, shoveling, beacon
