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Avalanche Skills
| Author/Presenter: Dave Quinn | Target Grades: Middle School (7-9), High School (10-12) |
| Availability: Winter | Theme: Outdoor Education |
| Cost: None | School District: All |
Description
Introductory avalanche skills field trip with hands-on snow science, avalanche terrain identification, and safety gear practice activities. Youth-oriented activities to help students understand avalanche risk, learn about and practice with avalanche risk, learn about and practice with avalanche safety gear and learn about avalanches and where to get information to help them make safer decisions about whether to venture into the back country or not.
Read Dave Quinn's biography here.
Notes
Dave is a Canadian Avalanche Association licensed Avalanche Skills Training provider, with 17 years experience teaching introductory avalanche safety to both youth and adults. Past participant on the CAA youth avalanche education committee. Can be a part of CAA AST Level 1 Certification. This trip will NOT enter uncontrolled avalanche terrain, as part of the CAA mandate for such trips.
Community Educator can help source snowshoes and avalanche gear for practice sessions.
Curriculum Matches
Geography, physics, locally developed Forestry and Outdoor Skills Program.