With this beginner's avalanche and avalanche course, you'll practice the relevant training to both avoid avalanches and implement rescue techniques in case they occur.
If a person is caught in an avalanche and buried under snow, after 18 minutes, the percentage of survival and being found alive drops dramatically. In most cases, victims who survived an avalanche were rescued by their own companions.
It's very difficult for rescue teams to travel, locate the avalanche site, organize the search, and find the victims in less than 18 minutes. Often, by the time they arrive, it's already too late, and their mission is to search for and recover the bodies.
Get trained and learn the techniques in Madrid!
Grupos
desde 1 hasta 10
Duración
6 horas cada día
Dificultad
Nivel 1
Who is this course for?
Mountaineers, alpinists, backcountry and off-piste skiers, snowboarders, freeriders, and snowshoe hikers, and, in general, athletes of any discipline that takes place in the winter mountains.
Objectives:
To provide all snow sports enthusiasts with the technical knowledge to prevent and rescue victims trapped in avalanches, rockfalls, and avalanches. Learn how to use an AVR, shovel, and probe effectively and quickly in the event of an avalanche.
Contents:
Avalanche risk prevention. Snow science: study of the snowpack. Specific equipment and materials. How to recognize avalanche-prone areas: orientation and slope. Progression techniques in winter mountain avalanche terrain. Search, location, and self-rescue of people buried in the snow using the appropriate equipment and materials: AVR, shovel, and probe. How to call rescue teams and coordinate the evacuation of victims.
Duration: One day: 1 practical class from approximately 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Sierra de Guadarrama, Madrid.
Group: Minimum 1 student. Maximum 12 students.
Includes:
One Snow Safety Instructor.
One day of intensive training in the use of an AVR, shovel, and probe in the search and rescue of avalanche victims.
Avalanche kit: AVR, shovel, and probe.
Collective safety equipment.
Accident and liability insurance.
PDF manual and bibliography.
Requirements:
Practice snow and winter mountain sports: mountaineering, alpinism, snowshoeing, expeditions, ski touring and backcountry skiing, off-piste skiing, snowboarding freeriding, etc.
Price per person:
€59 (for groups of 2 to 12 students).
€120 (for 1 student).
*If the course is held outside of Madrid, the student will be responsible for the cost of accommodation and overnight stay at the shelter (on a half-board basis). The instructor's expenses will be shared among all participating students.
ACTIVITY CANCELLATION
See conditions at condiciones generales de actividades
Appropriate clothing and personal equipment for winter mountain stays.
