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If someone in your group is buried in an avalanche, your transceiver and probing skills are critical to locating them quickly. But how well do you really understand how your transceiver works? Are you as fast and efficient using your transceiver and probing as you could be? Are you able to operate your transceiver well?
This course is intended for people who want to build or refresh a solid foundation to effectively locate avalanche victims. You may be new to backcountry skiing/splitboarding or ice climbing using avalanche gear or you may have years of experience but could benefit from an upgrade to your transceiver and probing skills and knowledge and build a foundation for more advanced skills.
Best practices and leading edge knowledge from international sources will be shared. The instructor, Tomo Fujimura, is an ACMG Ski Guide based out of Revelstoke who is an active professional member of the CAA, including experience instructing for the Industry Training Program. He has worked with transceiver manufacturers to translate user manuals.
This course runs for a full day in Calgary, at a location that will have an indoor meeting/teaching room and an adjacent outdoor space for demos and practice. The location will be confirmed closer to the date when a facility booking is confirmed and paid for. Topics covered include: - how each transceiver works - group-check - interference - transceiver
coupling - "airport approach" with marking functions - building mental map
- allocating resources - when other rescuers need to take action
- companion rescue deep burial - pin-pointing probing technique - slalom
probing (2 holes per step and/or 3 holes per step) (transmitting
transceiver malfunction)
The registration fee is $185 (to be finalized when facility booking is made)
Note: trip leader subsidy can be used
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