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Class Schedule
AST1 Test
Avalanche Skills Training Level 1
Join our AST1+ trainings taking place across Hakuba, Myoko, Yuzawa, Iwate and more.
Who is this course for?
Anyone who is spending time in back or side country, out of bounds, off resort and touring – but doesn’t yet have avalanche skills training – it is a MUST! Of course anyone interested in learning more skills and venturing into potential avalanche terrain, whether for ski, snowboard, snowshoe, alpine hikers.
By the end of this course you will:
Know your touring gear and make efficient use of it
Know your avalanche safety kit and have a first practice with it
Know how to efficiently transfer between downhill and uphill travel
Identify avalanche risk areas
AST2 Test
Avalanche Skills Training Level 1
An AST 2 course is suitable for people with a moderate degree of training and experience and who have taken an AST 1 course. An AST 2 course builds on the foundations of your AST 1, and provides an intermediate decision-making framework for travelling in avalanche terrain. An AST 2 course comprises a minimum of 9.5 hours of classroom instruction with a minimum of three days in the field. The course is suitable for people with a moderate degree of training and experience.
By the end of this course you will:
Know your touring gear and make efficient use of it
Know your avalanche safety kit and have a first practice with it
Know how to efficiently transfer between downhill and uphill travel
Identify avalanche risk areas
BC Intro Test
Backcountry Introduction Tour
By the end of this course you will:
Use the Avaluator to determine the additional planning and travel techniques needed to travel safely in avalanche terrain