Avalanche Safety for Snowboarders

A 2-day Avalanche Safety course aimed at snowboarders, run by Steven McDonald, BASI 4 Snowboard Instructor and Austrian Snowboard Guide. The course will be primarily on the mountain and will include some nice freeride lines. At the same time we will cover basic and advanced transceiver rescue, safe-travel tactics, decision-making, avalanche forecasting and interpretation, risk reduction and snow stability tests. Some more theory-based content will be covered in advance and in the evening over a beer with most of our time over the two days spent on the hill both riding and working on practical skills. The course will run over the weekend prior to my pre-season freeride course, offering the possibility to combine the two into a week of riding.