Provided by Prival
Salt Lake
Sunday, January 5, 2025
Prival Avalanche Awarenss 1 hour lecture and rescue clinic - 2 hour field practice at Prival Center in Big Cottonwood Canyon
Location: Prival Education Center 11445 Big Cottonwood Canyon Rd.
Price: $100
Date: January 5th, 2025
Whether you’re a seasoned backcountry adventurer, a side country slayer, or looking to get out on your first adventure, reviewing and testing your skills of the essential equipment is pivotal to returning from an escape to the mountains. Please note all courses include a $20 donation to go toward mountain education for a less fortunate community member.
Travel in the backcountry begins with a firm foundation in the theory and use of essential rescue/retrieval equipment. In the Prival Avalanche Awareness course you begin with an overview of the following:
This year please enjoy our great online video courses followed by field practice.
Section 1: Understanding and Avoiding Avalanches - 34min
Section 2: Tool for the Backcountry - 19min
Section 3: Companion Rescue - 9min
Section 4: Field Companion Rescue - 2hour
The course covers the following information:
Terrain mitigation
How to use an avalanche forecast and weather observations to formulate backcountry travel plans
Hands on work with our instructors and trained professional athletes
Learning the theory and techniques for properly using an avalanche beacon, probe, and shovel
In a controlled environment, simulate single and multiple burial scenarios, learning how to efficiently and effectively locate and extract a buried victim
This course consists of three videos segments followed by a skills test and a companion rescue field session. The 2 hour field session can be completed once the online work has been completed. . Demo beacons, probes, and shovels are available upon request.