Avalanche Safety Course
This course equips participants with essential skills for safe winter backcountry travel, focusing on avalanche awareness, gear handling, route planning, team coordination, rescue techniques, and emergency preparedness to minimize risks and ensure effective response in avalanche-prone environments.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Avalanche Safety Course provides practical, hands-on training for folks working in winter backcountry areas. You'll learn to check avalanche reports, map out safe paths, handle team talk, and use beacons, probes, shovels, and radios without worry. Build strong emergency plans, improve everyday choices, and form habits that cut down risks while keeping travel smooth and safe in places where avalanches happen.
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Develop skills
- Pro avalanche gear setup: Pack, test and maintain beacons, probes and shovels fast.
- Rapid route decisions: Turn forecasts into safe, efficient ski lines in minutes.
- High-stakes group leadership: Run clear comms, roles and checklists under pressure.
- Avalanche rescue drills: Execute fast searches, shoveling and casualty care on snow.
- Emergency trip planning: Design bail routes, SAR info and multi-day survival plans.
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