Avalanche Skills Training 2

An AST 2 course builds on the foundations of your AST 1, and provides a more advanced decision-making framework for traveling in avalanche terrain.

This 4-day course travels through terrain in the South Rockies region around the Crowsnest Pass and Castle.

The cost of the course is $560.00 a $100 dollar non-refundable deposit is due at registration. Click buy now where you will be redirected to a site to pay the deposit only.

What you will learn:
Leadership and Travel in Avalanche Terrain.

• Avalanche character.
• Companion Rescue.
• Group Management and Travel Techniques.
• Route Planning appropriate travel techniques in avalanche terrain.
• Avalanche Terrain, Route-finding, and Terrain Verification.

All course participants must ensure they are feeling well and have had no known exposure to or symptoms of COVID-19. Participants will be asked to complete a declaration of health and exposure prior to joining the course. It is expected that course participants follow current COVID-19 health, safety, and travel guidelines prior to starting the trip.

In the event you have been tested positive or have been in contact with a confirmed COVID case, you must self-isolate and cancel your trip. We will refund you 50% of the course cost if you are sick. If there are other reasons that prevent you from traveling within 14 days and you can’t participate, we cannot refund the course cost.