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Avalanche Training Level 1
Do you Ski / Board out of bounds, off the trails, or into the backcountry?
If so an ATL 1 is the perfect place to start your backcountry education. You don't need any backcountry experience to take this course.
The ATL1 is the perfect starting point for those thinking of entering the backcountry or slack country . In this course we will teach you how to behave in a safe manner while understanding if you are in avalanche terrain or not. An ATL 1 is a two-day course with I day of classroom (theory) and one day for field training.
It is highly recommended that you do this course with the people that you regularly tour with.
Remember that an ATL 1 course is a recreational course, it is the beginning of your avalanche education journey.
What you will learn in an ATL 1:
Check out the course providers websites to see what is right for you.
Learn more about ATL2 and Victim Rescue Training below.
If so an ATL 1 is the perfect place to start your backcountry education. You don't need any backcountry experience to take this course.
The ATL1 is the perfect starting point for those thinking of entering the backcountry or slack country . In this course we will teach you how to behave in a safe manner while understanding if you are in avalanche terrain or not. An ATL 1 is a two-day course with I day of classroom (theory) and one day for field training.
It is highly recommended that you do this course with the people that you regularly tour with.
Remember that an ATL 1 course is a recreational course, it is the beginning of your avalanche education journey.
What you will learn in an ATL 1:
- Avalanches, what, how, why, and when.
- How to know if you are touring in avalanche terrain.
- Understanding how to interpret the local avalanche bulletin.
- Using of tools and resources to mitigate your avalanche risk.
- Victim rescue training using beacon, shovel and probe.
- Basic snow pack testing.
Check out the course providers websites to see what is right for you.
Learn more about ATL2 and Victim Rescue Training below.
Avalanche Training Level 2
Once you have completed your ATL 1 and have done a season using your new skills , why not continue your learning and complete ATL2?
The ATL 2 course takes you to a new level of avalanche awareness. It will teach more advanced snowpack analysis tools and tests. during your 3 days of field time you will be doing more hands-on learning to enable you to be safer backcountry traveller. This comprises 1 classroom day to do over some ATL1 material, with some more advanced snow science being offered too.
Days 2-4 will be solely in the field learning advanced techniques to keep you safe and allowing to you make better informed decision while backcountry touring.
Learning outcomes for the ATL 2 course include:
The ATL 2 course takes you to a new level of avalanche awareness. It will teach more advanced snowpack analysis tools and tests. during your 3 days of field time you will be doing more hands-on learning to enable you to be safer backcountry traveller. This comprises 1 classroom day to do over some ATL1 material, with some more advanced snow science being offered too.
Days 2-4 will be solely in the field learning advanced techniques to keep you safe and allowing to you make better informed decision while backcountry touring.
Learning outcomes for the ATL 2 course include:
- Advance trip planning and snowpack assessment.
- Applying the regional danger rating to your days touring or coming up with a danger rating if no regional forecast is supplied.
- Advance victim rescue training looking for multiple victims.
- Adding more snow testing techniques to those learnt in ATL1.
Victim Rescue Training
Victim Rescue Training is a 1-day course that is normally an add on to ATL1. This 1-day course will dive deep into beacon technology and explain the way’s signals are sent and received from avalanche beacons and the different software that each manufacture deploys to find victims. This course also includes the methods and strategies to deal with multiple victim searches.