IMG Avalanche Training Itineraries
Please scroll down to see itineraries for Level II and III Avalanche Training Seminars.
Level I Avalanche Training: Hazard Evaluation
Saturday January 9, 2010: Crystal Mt. Firehall
8:00 Registration, equipment, and personal introductions
8:30 Avalanches Characteristics and Human Factors
9:00 Terrain Analysis
Break
10:00 Route Selection, Safe Travel, Hazard Evaluation
11:00 Mountain Snowpack Introduction
11:30 Lunch
12:30 Field, Crystal Mt. Backcountry
Rescue Drill
Terrain Analysis
Route finding and Safe travel
Sunday January 10, 2010: Crystal Mt. Firehall
8:00 Mountain Weather
9:00 Mountain Snowpack
Break
10:30 Stress, Failure, Fracture, and Motion
11:00 Decision Making/ Hazard Evaluation Workshop
11:45 Lunch
12:30 Field, Crystal Mt. Backcountry
Snow Profiles
Snowpack Testing/ Rustchblocks
Monday January 11, 2010: Crystal Mt. Backcountry
9:00 Meet at Ski Patrol room for backcountry tour
SnowpackTesting
Level II Avalanche Training: Forecasting Workshop
Friday January 22, 2010: Crystal Mt. Fire Hall
8:00 Registration/ Field assignments
Break
Snow Profile Methodology and Field Skills
Accident Investigation/ Case Study
Field Session Avalanche Basin
Skill building emphasis on:
Snow profiles
Faceted snow recognition
Saturday January 23, 2010: Crystal Mt. Fire Hall
8:00 Weather Forecasting in a Maritime Climate
Operational Forecasting Workshop
Field Session Silver Basin
Skill building emphasis on:
Snow profiles
Meteorological reconstruction via snow profiles
Monday January 25: Crystal Mt. Backcountry
Route selection and snowpack testing
Sunday January 24 and Monday January 25, 2010:
Crystal Mt. Backcountry
9:00 Meet at Ski Patrol room for backcountry tour
Generating a forecast
Route selection and snowpack testing
Level III Applied Avalanche Training
Wednesday February 3: Crystal Mt. Firehall
9:00 Introduction and Goals
9:30 Operational Weather Observations and Forecasting techniques
10:45 Break
11:00 Local Weather Climate: Faceted Snow and Surface Hoar
12:30 Lunch
1:00 Stability Evaluation/ Decision Making Workshop
3:00 Interpretation of Snow profiles and Rutsch blocks
4:00 Update on Transceivers and Rescue Techniques
5:00 Wrap-up
Thursday February 4: Crystal Mt. Backcountry
8:00 Field Work:
Client Briefing
Terrain analysis and Route Selection
WX forecasting in the Field
Group safe travel techniques
Backcountry avalanche control techniques
I have to say, in my opinion, IMG ran one excellent expedition! I have done and do many sports that can get very dangerous very quickly if they are not managed correctly or respected accordingly. You nailed it!
