Avalanche Safety Course
What will I learn?
Learn the important things about avalanche safety with our full Avalanche Safety Course, made for sports professionals who want to get better at staying safe in places where avalanches can happen. You'll learn the basics of how avalanches work, how to read the weather, and how to figure out the risks so you can make good choices when you're in avalanche country. We'll teach you how to use safety gear the right way, how to make plans in case something goes wrong, and how to help people if there's a rescue. You'll also get better at talking to your team and following safety rules, so you can be ready and confident in any place with snow.
Develop your skills
Enhance your practical skills listed below
Learn how avalanches form: Understand the different types and what causes them so you can stay safe.
Look at how the weather changes things: Learn how to guess when avalanches might happen by watching the weather.
Do rescue procedures: Know how to respond quickly and correctly in an emergency.
Figure out avalanche dangers: Be able to tell how dangerous a place is by looking at the land.
Use safety equipment properly: Know how to use transceivers and other avalanche safety gear well.
Suggested summary
Workload: between 4 and 360 hours
Before starting, you can change the chapters and 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 similar to the examples below
This is a free course aimed at personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but provides practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.