Awarding Body

Mountain Training

Scheme

British Mountain Guide

Course

Avalanche I

Type

Training

Award Description

This international award trains and assesses candidates in the skills required to guide climbing (including the coaching of lead climbing) skiing and mountaineering on rock, snow & ice, and in alpine terrain. It is administered by the BMG to the standards set by the International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations (IFMGA). The Guide’s carnet is an extensively used professional award.

Avalanche Hazard Evaluation: considerations for a Scottish snowpack

BMG members only

This day is funded by the Chris Walker Trust www.chriswalkertrust.co.uk

Chris was a highly talented, accomplished and popular mountaineer who loved to share his enthusiasm, knowledge and skills with others. He already held the MIC, was a full member of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors and no doubt would have fulfilled his life-long dream of becoming a British Mountain Guide.

The trust offers funding to the BMG and AMI to further their members’ and the public’s knowledge and understanding of avalanches and their hazards in the Scottish winter environment.

Venue: Auction Mart conference room on left before Nevis Range – rendezvous at location.

Day Course Notes – Decision Making in Avalanche Terrain

Mark Diggins will deliver this day - contact details 07785 736577 - markdiggins@mac.com

8:45 - coffees tea - Welcome and Intro 9:00 -

Understanding the Scottish Challenges -

Overview of factors required to develop a Hazard evaluation

historical snowpack information

recent weather factors

deciding on relevant field locations for field snow and avalanche observations.

Human factors and its significance in decision making - The Be Avalanche Aware process

10:30 - Break

approx 11:00  -

Depart for hill using transport

Identifying relevant field observations during approach

Snow structure relevance to hazard evaluation

Human factors

Visual observation of terrain and slope shape and relevance to avalanche release.

Field observations - relevance and use

16:00 - Return Break

Determining the Avalanche Hazard

Summary 16:30 - 17:00 – Finish

Plan for a mountain day with appropriate winter mountaineering equipment and lunch. Bring along something to write with. Avalanche transceiver, Probe and Shovel would also be useful and may be used.

Please note that this is recognised as a BMG CPD day.

Start

20/01/2019 08:45

End

20/01/2019 17:00

Total Days

1

Maximum Bookings

9

Bookings

6

Venue

Lochaber Rural Complex - Lecture room- nr Nevis Range

Town

Fort William

County

Highland

Postcode

PH33 6SQ

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

56.85000

Longitude

-5.01000

Name

British Mountain Guides

Phone

07785736577

Email