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When you wish to step up and plan a backcountry ski tour with some friends or your university outdoor program you need to make sure you have the right skill set. No better to place to start then the Cascade Powder Cat's yurt high about Martin Creek in a spectacular environment that provides abundant learning opportunities, this comprehensive course is truly rewarding.
We look at snow metamorphism, guidelines and recording standards for weather, snow packs and avalanche observations; route selection and decision making, avalanche recognition, snow profiles and evaluation, bonding tests, “The test profile,” and route finding considerations for the professional mountain guide, snow rangers or ski patrollers. Our goal is to develop safe, self-reliant ski-mountaineers ready to climb and ski locally or in the great ranges of the world. This course is truly an excellent foundation for any skier seeking independence in the alpine arena.
Course curriculum includes: - Terrain management (safe, efficient, fast) w/ up hill track, & downhill
- Snow climbing& self arrest techniques
- Snow anchor selection, construction, and equalization
- Rappelling and rope management
- Navigation using maps, altimeters, and compasses
- Mountain weather, alpine ecology, hazard assessment, and Leave No Trace Ethics
- Observation and recording of factors that affect or indicate snow stability
- Weather, snowpack, and avalanche activity
- Use of less formal field data as well as formalized data gathering
- Stability analysis, forecasting and ratings
- Avalanche release and skier triggering concepts
Dates: March 26 - 29, 2010, 4 Days Cost: $495 Includes 4 days Instruction and guiding, nights lodging in our yurt, Dinners and Breakfasts, Transportation in and out. Student/Instructor Ratio: 5:1
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