Signup if you want to help with teaching the “Introduction to Backcountry Skiing” course. The training will be based out of the Slumber Lodge Motel in Hope. We will meet on Friday at 7pm in the lodge, where we will start the training with a classroom session. We will get up early Saturday morning for […]

The training will be based out of the Slumber Lodge Motel in Hope. We will meet on Friday at 7pm in the lodge, where we will start the training with a classroom session. We will get up early Saturday morning for a full day outside, which will be followed by another class room session. Sunday […]

Various rescue techniques with emphasis on self rescue and assisted rescue. Prussic practice and rescue pulley systems,

We will have an indoor workshop on Saturday. I have material that Frank Baumann and I put together. Frank was one of the most experienced avalanche experts in Canada. Unfortunately he passed away after a car accident in 2013. Frank started teaching about avalanches for the FMCBC before Avalanche Canada was created. The intention is […]

Will review and practice rigging various alpine rescue hauling systems. 1:1, 2:1, 3:1, 5:1, 6:1 Will apply different mechanisms such as ratchet prusiks, reverso belay device, Ropeman or Tiblock.