
SKI TOURING AND AVALANCHE KNOWLEDGE
SKI TOURING COURSE
3 days

Südtirolalpin
Certified Mountain Guide
IFMGA - Mountain Guides Associations
Mail suedtirolalpin@gmail.com

Prices from
270,- €
ABOUT THE TRAINING
Ski touring course and avalanche awareness: An avalanche course that delves deeper into snow and the processes that lead to dangerous avalanche situations. The goal is to better understand these processes and apply them to the terrain. Over a total of three days, we have enough time to learn the basics and delve deeper into the entire subject matter. We will also extensively practice emergency scenarios and delve deeper into companion rescue procedures.
TRAINING CONTENT
- Basics of snow and avalanche science
- Processes that lead to dangerous avalanche situations
- Looking inside the snowpack (digging and recording snow profiles)
- Various stabilization tests and their significance (ECT, CT, sliding block)
- Correctly interpreting snow profiles
- Touring options in prevailing avalanche situations
- Creating a safe and clean ascent track
- Recognizing danger zones in the terrain and correctly interpreting warning signals
- Rescuing companions (correct and effective use of avalanche transceivers, shovels, and probes)
- Tour planning and selecting the right tour with the best snow
INFO
Services
Included in the price
- Entire organization and guidance by a state-certified mountain guide
- All necessary reservations are made in advance
Additional costs
- 2 overnight stays with half board at a hotel
- Transfer to and from the meeting point
- Expenses (accommodation) for the mountain guide
- Individual tips
* Rental equipment (€10 per piece of equipment)
Facts
Location
South Tyrol
Best time of year
End of December - mid-March
Duration
3 days
Meeting point
is agreed individually
Requirements
Prior knowledge
- Some ski touring experience is required
- You should have already taken an avalanche course and have a basic understanding of the subject
Physical requirements
- Fitness for ski touring with at least 1,000 meters of elevation gain
- Skiing ability: parallel turns on the slopes
PRICING
Participants
max. 8 people
Prices
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If you have any questions or need further information, please write them in the comment field of the inquiry form.
Before submitting your request: Please read the "important information" about risks in mountaineering carefully.
Dates
upon request
PROGRAM
Day 1:
Content: Companion rescue and avalanche knowledge lecture
Depending on the snow conditions and the destination, we will meet at an individually agreed meeting point on the first day and travel together to the starting point. After a quick gear check and a few brief explanations, we will warm up with a short climb, after which we will begin with the topic of companion rescue. On this day, we will primarily practice avalanche transceiver searches and probing, arriving at our accommodation in the afternoon. There, we will receive a lecture on avalanche knowledge and how to apply this knowledge to the terrain.
Day 2:
Content: Ski tour to apply what we have learned to the terrain and tour planning for Day 3
The next day, we will go on a short ski tour, stopping frequently along the way to see how we can apply what we learned the previous day to the terrain and what decisions we need to make. Along the way, we will also dig a snow profile and examine the snowpack structure, as well as conduct an ECT. We'll learn what important insights we can gain from this and where the limits of the informative value of snow profiles lie.
In the afternoon, we'll return to our accommodation. Before dinner, there will be a short presentation on tour planning and the task of planning a tour for the third day based on everything we've learned so far.
Day 3:
Content: Practice Tour
On the last day, we'll complete the tour we planned the day before and see if our assumptions were correct, if we planned correctly, and if the tour can be carried out exactly as we anticipated. This will be a particularly educational day, combining everything we've learned from the previous two days.
Any changes to the program that may be necessary for various reasons (weather, conditions, accommodation booking situation, etc.) will always be made in consultation with the participants.








