Level Easy
Duration 2 days
Zone Trentino
Practical course aimed to teach you how to read the snow-meteorologic bulletin and to interpret it on the terrain (basic notions of snow science); self-aid kit, research techniques, practical simulations.
Technical description
To whom it is addressed
To anyone who wants to understand the dynamics that create an avalanche and, in case of necessity, to practice a self-aid operation with ARTVA, shovel and probe.
When: from December to March
Course’s organization/contents
- First-half day – how to read the snow-meteorologic bulletin and to interpret it on the terrain (basic notions of snow science):
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- Snow and its metamorphosis
- A test about the resistance of snow cover
- A scale of avalanches’ danger
- Environmental considerations
- Self-aid equipment
- Second half day – research techniques, practical simulations:
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- How to use ARTVA
- How to use the probe
- How to use the shovel
- Practical simulations
Equipment
Normal ski-mountaineering equipment or snowshoeing.
If necessary, we will rent you ARTVA, shovel and probe
