Chris Walker Memorial Trust - Avalanche Awareness Training

Please note AMI day for trainee WMCI, full WMCI holders and Guides, for alternate dates see below;

13th-14th December - WML holders and above

20th-21st December - Trainee WML only

7th-8th February - WMCI and full WMCI holders and Guides

14th-15th February - WML holders and above

Details

Due to Covid restrictions placed on SAIS, the Chris Walker Memorial Trust avalanche training programme will be run online.

The Chris Walker Memorial Trust www.chriswalkertrust.co.uk is offering space on four avalanche awareness training days for winter 2021, run by the Scottish Avalanche Information Service.

We are grateful that two days are again being sponsored by the Association of Mountaineering Instructors and are open to WCMI and WCMI trainees.

Two more days are open to qualified, full Winter Mountain Leaders, or anyone above that level.

Donations

As normal the trust is asking participants in 2021/2022, or from past years, to consider donating. Visit this page for the various ways for donating www.chriswalkertrust.co.uk/donate/ 

Also, CWMT has signed up to a donating phone app at www.sustainably.co

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, AMI and MTA, to further their members’ and the public’s knowledge and understanding of avalanches and their hazards in the Scottish winter environment.

This day provides a unique opportunity to benefit from SAIS forecasters experience and knowledge, offering insights from their work in respect of hazard evaluation, public forecasting and knowledge of the dynamics and challenges in a Scottish winter.

Programme

A review of the Be Avalanche Aware process with specific emphasis on the Planning Phase. A series of exercises and discussions will help develop your understanding of the snow pack evolution and avalanche hazard development. These are the foundation skills for making good route planning decisions prior to going on the hill.

The new presentation format takes place over two consecutive evenings (2 hours each) and includes ‘home’ planning by the participants, based on detail from the first evening, leading to safe travel decisions made and presented on the second evening. Each evening starts online (Zoom) at 19:00

Presenters

Graham Moss & Keith Miller

Venue 

Online event

Contact 

Alan Kimber 07909905664

Bookings 

Via the CMS. If the workshop is full it is possible to add yourself to the waiting list by contacting Alan directly.

Start

08/12/2021 19:00

End

09/12/2021 21:00

Total Days

2

Maximum Bookings

12

Bookings

11

Venue

Online Event

Town

Online

County

Online

Country

Scotland

Name

AMI

Phone

01690 720 123

Email