Avalanche Safety Course
This course equips participants with essential skills for safe winter backcountry travel, focusing on avalanche awareness, gear handling, route planning, group management, rescue techniques, and emergency preparedness to minimize risks and enhance decision-making in avalanche terrain.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
This Avalanche Safety Course provides practical, high-impact training for anyone operating in winter backcountry terrain. Learn to read avalanche forecasts, plan safe routes, manage group communication, and use beacons, probes, shovels, and radios with confidence. Build solid emergency response routines, strengthen daily decision-making, and develop habits that reduce risk while maintaining efficient, effective travel in avalanche-prone environments.
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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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