A course dedicated to those who want to start practicing ski mountaineering safely on simple and nice itineraries.
A course dedicated to those who want to start practicing ski mountaineering safely on simple and nice itineraries.
COURSE STRUCTURE: 4 days
SUBJECTS:
• Ski mountaineering equipment, clothing, nutrition;
• Climbing technique (alternating step, diagonals, inversions);
• Descent technique (how to safely descend on any type of snow and slope off-piste);
• Notions of self-rescue in avalanches (use of the transceiver, multiple searches, intervention dynamics);
• Outlines of snow and avalanches;
• Notions of topography (reading a topographic map, using a compass and GPS);
• Teachings on how to prepare a ski tour (choice of itinerary, evaluation of the terrain, study of the ascent and descent route, reading weather and avalanche bulletins, preparing the backpack, etc …)
4 SATURDAYS IN MARCH : 4 – 11 – 18 – 25
Minimum 4 people: € 280.00 per person