This course is the first professional level training course for persons who are seeking employment with avalanche safety operations. Participants must be advanced skiers, snowboarders or snowmobilers and should have considerable backcountry travel experience commensurate with industry standards. The Level 1 course is a prerequisite course to many other industry-training programs.

This intensive 7 to 8 day professional training based course will provide students with a solid understanding of the avalanche phenomenon including mountain snow pack formation & characteristics, terrain identification & classification, weather data collection & basic interpretation, essential companion & organized rescue skills, snow-profile data collection, basic snow stability analysis including InfoExTM interpretation and a look at risk management principles in avalanche operations.

The program underwent a significant rewrite during the summer of 2005.

Prerequisites:

• a minimum of an Introductory Recreational Avalanche Course (IRAC) or equivalent training.
• Participation on RAC course before your level 1 is acceptable for those that don’t have RAC at time of application.
• Advanced backcountry travel skills in either skiing, snowboarding or snowmobiling
• Proficient & consistent multiple burial transceiver skills
• 19 years of age or older

Tuition: $1250

Avalanche Operations Level 1, Ptarmigan BC
     1/13/2008-1/20/2008
     1/20/2008-1/27/2008

Price listed is for Canadian Citizens or Residents only. There is a 10% surcharge for non-Canadians registering outside the country.

Special Requirements: There are no special requirements for this course.
For more details, check out the CAA web site here.