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Come join us in our shop on Wednesday January 10, as we continue to build a backcountry ski community and produce networking opportunities, while aiming to provide valuable insight, provoke thought, and promote discussion.
Come anytime after 6:30pm to socialize and network - the presentation will start at 7:00pm
The Presentation Greg Potter will lead a guided discussion on human factors as it pertains to managing risk while ski touring. This presentation will go through application of the Ski-Safe Ski Touring Trip Planning Guide, which was created to provide recreational backcountry skiers with a practical tool to help make better backcountry ski touring decisions and keep us all safer while experiencing the joy and exhilaration of backcountry skiing. Questions and discussion will be encouraged throughout the presentation.
The Presenter Greg Potter started backcountry skiing the winter of 1978/1979 while working at the Lake Louise ski area and completed the BCIT / National Research Council of Canada “Avalanche Safety for Ski Guiding” training course the following year. In his professional life Greg has been involved extensively in industrial process hazard analysis and risk management, recreationally has participated in numerous avalanche safety seminars and was one of the primary authors of the Bragg Creek Trails operational safety program which was subsequently adopted by a large number of volunteer organizations operating on public land in Alberta. While on the west coast of BC in the late 80’s Greg was involved in the Lion’s Bay Search and Rescue team and was the primary snow safety specialist on the team. During the winter of 2010/2011, after over 30 years of back-country skiing, and having not personally known anyone who had been killed in an avalanche, three of his friends were killed in three separate avalanches – including one on a trip that he had organized. These three tragic events were the catalyst for examining the factors that had contributed to these accidents and looking at how the risk of these incidents occurring could be reduced in the future. The lessons learned from looking at these three tragic incidents, numerous other non-fatal incidents and many discussions with friends in the ski guiding industry were the catalyst for creation of the Ski-Safe Ski Touring Trip Planning Guide.
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