Knowledge is safety. This statement has never rang more true than when it is applied to avalanche awareness. Heading outside of ski resort boundaries and into the backcountry without proper avalanche training and/or education is like playing football without a helmet – it just isn’t safe.
So how do you acquire this knowledge? And how do you prepare yourself for the risks that are associated with the epic rewards of the backcountry? The very simple and introductory answer is to know before you go.
Back Track’s Avalanche Awareness Course serves as the perfect way to know before you go. Taught by members of Solitude’s Professional Ski Patrol, the Avalanche Awareness Course teaches you how to travel safely and responsibly outside resort boundaries.
Subjects discussed and put into practice include avalanche rescue skills, identifying avalanche terrain, analyzing snow and weather factors and managing group dynamics. Not to mention you get to make turns in the world-renowned backcountry of the Wasatch Mountains!
Here’s a quick test to see if you should take the Avalanche Awareness Course. If you cannot correctly and completely answer each one of these questions, consider yourself in need of some avalanche knowledge.
-Between what angles of slope do the majority of avalanches occur?
-What avalanche safety gear should every backcountry enthusiast carry with them?
-What kind of weather is the most common cause of avalanches?
-What are three warnings signs of avalanches?
-How long do you have to locate and dig out your companion before their chance of survival drastically decreases?
Knowledge is power. And in the case of avalanches, power is the difference between life and death. Give yourself the upper hand by taking the Avalanche Awareness Course.
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