Snowshoes based winter mountaineering / avalanche awareness Course

About the course

This week long course will teach the basics in a friendly informal manner.  It will cover planning your tour, understanding avalanche bulletins, weather forecasts, understanding terrain, especially terrain traps and basic rescue techniques.

The course will focus heavily on what is called “the human factor”  and “self reflection” both these area are turning out to be vital in avoiding being caught in an avalanche.

We keep our groups small with the focus on good communication and learning environment.

Course objectives:

• Basic understanding of Avalanches.
• Decision making and risk management in avalanche terrain.
• Give instruction and exercises that are practical and useful in group travel within avalanche terrain.

Combine it with other courses

This course can be combined with ski-touring and winter skills to make a package.

Accommodation

Accommodation is provided in the price and is based in our traditional Norwegian cottage.

Flights, train and getting there

Contact us if you need help planning your trip. We are happy to pick you up at the bus / train station. The train goes straight from the Airport to our place. Check out train times at www.nsb.no you will want to go from Oslo Lufthavn to Gol.

Equipment hire

If you need to rent equipment, that is no problem, just let us known in advance. You will receive a list of required items upon booking.