Avalanche Geeks - Avalanche Rescue Module

22/02/2019

Glenmore Lodge

Bookings start from £90.00

About

Provider Biography    
Mike Austin is an AMGA Assistant Ski Guide. He is a Professional Member of the American Avalanche Association (AAA), a collective group of dedicated professionals engaged in the study, forecasting, control and mitigation of avalanches. Mike has guided on ski for over 18 years, primarily on the west coast of North America from Alaska to California as well as Norway & Antarctica.
Mike holds Level 3 avalanche certification. As well as guiding Mike has worked in a professional capacity in search and rescue programs for government agencies in Antarctica and Scotland. He has made winter ascents of prominent high altitude peaks in Alaska and Antarctica  and first ascents in the Pakistan Karakoram and the Cordillera Blanca of Peru. Mike directs all our Scottish courses and presents on the Alpine courses.
 
Bruce Goodlad
Bruce Goodlad has been a guide for 15 years and worked as a mountaineering instructor in the UK prior to that. He has guided on skis and foot throughout the world working from Antarctica to Greenland. Bruce spends 100 + days a year guiding on skis and there is nothing he loves more than sharing his time in the mountains with like-minded people. Bruce is a former Technical Director of the British Mountain Guides (BMG) where he was influential in the development of their avalanche and ski guide program.
Bruce has authored two books: ‘Alpine mountaineering’–  an introduction to alpine mountaineering, techniques and the routes to develop them on, and a follow up volume ‘Ski Mountaineering’ that follows the same format with an in depth look at the techniques of ski touring and ski mountaineering including avalanche hazard evaluation, avoidance and rescue.
Bruce’s work as an instructor on the British Mountain Guides avalanche courses and as an assessor on their ski mountaineering course has greatly helped the development of public courses that focus on giving the participants the essential avalanche information they need to enjoy a safe time in the back country. Bruce directs all our Alpine courses.
 
About The American Avalanche Association
All of our avalanche courses adhere fully to the guidelines of the AAA in relation to their suggested content, duration, class size and instructor qualification.  Both Bruce Goodlad and Mike Austin are Professional Members of the The American Avalanche Association.
The AAA develop course syllabus’s and guidelines for the delivery of these courses, by doing this they create a benchmark for skill progressions through the different levels of avalanche education. By using AAA guidelines on course content Avalanche Geeks ensures that the course syllabus uses the most up to date knowledge and ideas that will help keep you safe in the mountains. It also means that should you do any follow up courses with anyone else using AAA course guidelines (Aiare for example) the syllabuses will dovetail.
The purpose of the AAA guidelines for U.S. Avalanche Education is to provide a general benchmark for skill progressions between different levels of avalanche education, for the public’s benefit. AAA believes that avalanche education can be more thoughtfully, consistently, and responsibly conducted and can achieve more constructive outcomes for students when course providers and avalanche instructors in the United States strive to embrace common guidelines and practices.
In developing and issuing these Guidelines, AAA does not intend to act as – or become – a regulatory body for the avalanche industry. Compliance with the AAA Guidelines does not guarantee that a course provider’s courses or programs will be safe, or that participation in that course or program will be free from harm. In choosing to voluntarily engage in avalanche courses or programs or recreate in outdoor, backcountry and/or wilderness settings, individuals must understand that they accept and assume the inherent risks of these activities. Avalanche Geeks as an avalanche education  provider is not affiliated or endorsed by the AAA.
http://www.americanavalancheassociation.org/

Equipment Required By Leader & Clients:

Participants are required to bring equipment required to look after themselves for a day on the hill in Scotland in winter conditions including ice axe and crampons.  Participants are also required to bring avalanche transceiver, probe and shovel.

CPD Content / Syllabus:

This is a practical avalanche rescue course and consists of approx. 8 hours contact time and covers both class room and field inputs, with emphasis on coaching rescue skills. Its core curriculum content focuses upon companion rescue within a ski group, including avalanche scene rescue management and repeatedly practicing realistic multiple burial scenarios. Students are coached on advanced transceiver use, deep burials, multiple burials, tactical digging, victim patient care and identifying additional resources such as Search & Rescue. This is the full one day input that is now incorporated into our advanced Level 2 course but is also available as a stand alone course. It provides perfect refresher training for anyone venturing into the backcountry and is a must for all mountain professionals. The course follows the AAA curriculum guidelines. There is no requirement for ski touring equipment or experience on this course.

Date: 22nd February 2019

CPD Points: 1 Core accredited to Full Members of BAIML

Cost:

Please contact Lucy Wallace directly to register your interest on this workshop.

Where And When

Start
22/02/2019
End
22/02/2019
Maximum Bookings
8
Bookings
6
Venue
Glenmore Lodge
Town
Aviemore
County
Highland
Postcode
PH22 1QZ
Country
United Kingdom
Latitude
57.16658
Longitude
-3.65672

CPD Points

CPD Points
1.00

Provider

Name
BAIML
Phone
07825 644161
Email

Booking

  • Non Residential

    £90.00

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