OFF PISTE GUIDING – avalanche training sessions

mountain guides arlberg st. anton zürs stuben lech piste to powder

You’d like to refresh your mountain & safety skills?

Our avalanche training courses will equip you with all the knowledge and practical skills to know what to do in the worst case scenario
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This intensive half day course will be a mix of theory and practical skills on the mountain with one of our trained UIAGM mountain guides. We will simulate a burial so that you can put everything into practice.

Cost 80 euros

(minimum of 4 for the course to run)

We will cover:

  • how avalanches form and how they release
  • Avalanche avoidance: how to identify Avalanche terrain and potential triggers
  • Using information and resources and how to read an avalanche bulletin
  • Correct use of safety equipment: transceiver, shovel and probe
  • What to do if you are caught – rescue procedure
  • Practical: Companion search in single and multiple burial scenario

Meet in Anton Cafe, course runs from 9am-12pm

All levels.

Sign Up here for an Avalanche workshop