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? Do you have a solid foundation of basic transceiver and probing know-how and skills? Are you as fast and efficient using your transceiver and probing as you could be? If you are a trip leader, do you have the advanced skills that your group may require?

This course is intended for people who have a foundation of transceiver and probing skills - which could be from attending the Level 1 session on November 9 (you can sign up for both!) - and want to gain advanced skills and knowledge.

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.

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:

- Review/overview of foundational information and skills

- Micro box

- Deep burial triage applied with transceiver coupling understanding

- Position probing to build up a strategic shovelling plan

The registration fee is $285 (to be finalized when facility booking is made)

Note: trip leader subsidy can be used

You will be provided a list of required items following registration. Additionally participants will be asked to provide their:

• transceiver model
• backcountry experience (years and regions)
• previous avalanche search and rescue experience
• goals for the course