Reminder: Sign Up Now For Our Avalanche Class Feb. 25th!!

Reminder: Sign Up Now For Our Avalanche Class Feb. 25th!!

Avalanche Awareness, Avoidance & Rescue Class

Date: Saturday, February 25th
Location: Saratoga Resort & Spa
Time: 6pm-10pm
Cost: $40

Instructor: Mike Duffy
Mike is a Level I & II instructor for Colorado Mountain College, rescue/avalanche team leader/avalanche mission coordinator, Vail Mountain Rescue Group, Instructor Walter Kirch Avalanche Seminars, graduate of National Avalanche School, National Academy of Winter Guiding, AVPRO. Mountain snowmobiler for 20 years. Member of the American Avalanche Association. Trained by BCA and Ortovox.

What you will learn:
How to avoid the most common mistakes, what equipment works best, human factors involved in avalanche accidents, how to rescue effectively, evaluate terrain, avoid terrain traps, analyze stability and increase your skills in the mountains.

Course content:
-Introduction to avalanches, statistics, contributing factors
-Avalanche reports
-Signs of instability/stability analysis
-Equipment
-What to carry and what works best
-Avalanche beacons
-Fast and effective single and multiple burial searches
-Rescue
-Avalanche survival methods
-Deploying avalanche airbag packs

Participants must register in advance.

Or call/email Cassie Peterson at 307-326-9101 | cpeterson@saratogaresortandspa.com to register.