Hey all
I had a non-weekend. Friday was awful busy at work so I spent some time there. As for Saturday and Sunday, I took a course from Peter Amann (click his name to see his site). Peter staged a recreational avalanche safety course. Saturday we spent the time in the class room and an hour outside practicing locating beacons. Sunday we toured up to Bald Hills and surveyed avalanche terrain and performed compression tests and a Rutschblok test. The snow is incredible up there.... 170 cm deep! Anyone looking to take a mountaineering course, contact Peter... he is one of the most respected mountain guides in Canada, and known around the globe.
Wednesday I am going on the ACC trip up Evelyn Peak with A guy from Jasper named Jeff Andrews. He is currently training an avalanche dog and has WAY more experience winter mountaineering than I do. I'll post pictures.
Just so you know, the avalanche course peaked my interest and I can see myself in the future getting more involved in these avalanche courses and forecasting.
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