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Ski Touring and Mountaineering Skills Program for Winter Event Coordinators
–Purpose To provide an opportunity, for qualified members and aspiring Winter Event Coordinators, to learn and practice, by means of a structured program, a selection of commonly used Ski Touring and Mountaineering Skills. For the purpose of preparing them to coordinate typical intermediate level Winter Touring and Mountaineering Events such as the Garibaldi Nevé the […]
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BM 1 (2011) Facilitators Organizational Session
–BM1 (2011) Facilitiators meeting posted on iCal So all organizers, facilitators, leaders will have a target date for planning purposes to begin; 1 Review overall curriculum & documentation 2 Eevaluate utility of an ALT course 3 Plan (amend) content and venue for specific events 4 Identify potential assistants Meetings and information amending could in principle […]
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Crevasse rescue- Prusik training and Z pulleys
–A basic training session on prusik loops and Z pulleys for crevasse rescue.Suitable for beginners.
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Avalanche Gear Orientation & Practice for Beginners
–5 pm. Meet at MEC (Broadway store) pick up gear & brief orientation. 6 pm. Depart for Mt Seymour, meet in Cafeteria, review outline & plan for the evening 7pm – 9pm. Conduct gear familiarization & practice; team safety, signal search, victim location (probe practice), victim extraction (shovel techniques), evacuation. 9:30 head for home. This […]
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Avalanche Course for Trip Leaders
–Avalanche Safety for Trip Leaders If you have been coming on club trips for a year and are thinking about leading backcountry ski or snowshoe courses, this course if for you. The course curriculum for has been prepared by Frank Baumann. He has been teaching avalanche courses and consulting on avalanche safety for over 25 […]
