Chris Walker Memorial Trust - Avalanche Awareness Training

Details

The Chris Walker Memorial Trust www.chriswalkertrust.co.uk is offering space on 2 avalanche awareness training days for winter 2022, run by the Scottish Avalanche Information Service.

These workshop are open to those who are Winter Mountain Leader Training or anyone above that level.

Donations

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

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.

CWMT offers these workshops to BMG, AMI, BAIML and MTA whose members can in turn pass on the knowledge to their clients/guests. Thus furthering the knowledge to recreational mountaineers in UK winter conditions.

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
This online course prepares leaders, instructors and guides for the coming Scottish winter season

The one-day online course will include a review of the Be Avalanche Aware process, a revision of Avalanche Problems in the Scottish context, a discussion on how the SAIS operate and how to use the different aspects of the SAIS website.

In addition, a series of exercises and discussions will help develop understanding of snow pack evolution and avalanche hazard development in various weather scenarios. These are the foundation skills for making good route planning decisions prior to going on the hill.

There will be a strong emphasis on discussion and participation allowing various topic to be aired through out the day.

Some pre course self-study will be provided and is an integral part of the course

Presenters
Graham Moss or Keith Miller, SAIS Senior Avalanche Forecasters

Venue
Online via ZOOM

Please also consider donating to https://www.chriswalkertrust.co.uk/donate/ and help the trust continue this important work. Thanks.

Contact 

Graham Moss (07768505231) and Keith Miller (07765292851).

Bookings 

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

Start

11/11/2022 10:00

End

11/11/2022 16:00

Total Days

1

Maximum Bookings

12

Bookings

11

Venue

Online Event

Town

Online

County

Online

Country

Scotland

Name

Mountain Training Association

Phone

07768505231 or 07765292851

Email