HREC 248 — Avalanche Safety
Students can expect to develop a good grounding in how to prepare for and carry out a backcountry ski trip, to understand basic avalanche avoidance decision making while in the field, and to learn rescue techniques required to find and dig up a buried person in avalanche country. The course will be conducting ski tours for several hours in winter travel conditions including cold temperatures, deep snow, low visibility, wind, etc.. Students are expected to practice good judgement, and communicate effectively within the group. This course runs in the spring semester with a required overnight trip. Students are expected to be able to ski in control at an intermediate level. The program has avalanche rescue and backcountry ski equipment for the students. Students that would prefer to snowboard need to provide their own split board, boots, bindings, and skins. Students will be working towards a Rec Level 1 Avalanche Certification throughout this course.