Avalanche Safety Course
What will I learn?
Learn well the important things about keeping safe from avalanches with our full Avalanche Safety Course. This course is made for sports people who want to get better at working in places where there's big danger. You'll learn about how avalanches happen, how to read the weather, and how to know where the danger is, so you can make good choices when you're near avalanches. You'll also learn how to use the safety tools right, how to plan for bad situations, and how to save people. You'll make your team communication and safety rules stronger, so you're ready and confident in any snowy place.
Develop skills
Strengthen the development of the practical skills listed below
Know how avalanches start: Understand the different types and what makes them happen, to stay safe.
Study how weather affects things: Guess when avalanches might happen by looking at the weather.
Do rescue plans well: Act fast and right when there's an emergency.
Figure out avalanche dangers: Know the land and how much danger there is, so you don't get caught.
Use safety tools right: Be good at using things like transceivers and other gear.
Suggested summary
Workload: between 4 and 360 hours
Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload.
- Choose which chapter to start with
- Add or remove chapters
- Increase or decrease the course workload
Examples of chapters you can add
You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below
This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.