{"id":80,"date":"2015-03-25T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/mountain\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2023-11-24T16:07:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T22:07:51","slug":"education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/mountain\/education\/","title":{"rendered":"Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/sites\/www.skipatrol.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2020\/01\/2018-2023-Alberta-OHS-Approval-Agreement-Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Provincial Advanced First-Aid Certification Letter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Avalanche dog rescue simulation &#8211; video<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Metro reporter gets buried alive in simulated avalanche\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TQWIbAL3iiM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Rescue at Cherry Bowl<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Avalanche safety and rescue require skills and practice. Can it make the difference?<\/p>\n<p>In March of 2013, four friends from Whitehorse, Yukon, made the 1,200-km road trip south to Shames Mountain, B.C. With fresh snow and clearing skies, they embarked on a week-long adventure exploring the area\u2019s backcountry. Four days in, on a bluebird day in Cherry Bowl, their trip came to an abrupt end.<\/p>\n<p>A massive avalanche hit the group of four skiers. When the slide stopped, three of them were deeply buried. The one person left on the surface had his pack swallowed by the snow, leaving him with no rescue equipment other than his transceiver. The chances of his friends&#8217; survival were almost zero, yet all of them lived.<\/p>\n<p>Explore what is now known as the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/avalanche.ca\/cherry-bowl\/#\/intro\">Rescue at Cherry Bowl<\/a>\u201d &#8211; the true story of how one trained group used their skills to successfully rescue the three people deeply buried in the avalanche.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The source for avalanche awareness and training information is<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avalanche.ca\/training\">Avalanche Canada.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-accordion su-u-trim\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Avalanche Education and the Canadian Ski Patrol<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\nThe CSP has a long history in avalanche safety and education:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Providing the first public avalanche education courses in the late 1960s.<\/li>\n<li>Partnering with other organizations in the middle 1990s to revise the public avalanche curriculum that has evolved into today&#8217;s Avalanche Skills Training (AST).<\/li>\n<li>Kickstarting youth education programs in the early 2000s.<\/li>\n<li>Continued updating of CSP education materials to current practices and providing training opportunities for patrollers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our aim is to spread the avalanche safety message to all CSP patrollers. The goal is to have all patrollers who patrol at ski resorts with avalanche terrain trained with appropriate avalanche knowledge and skills to be a valuable member of the resorts patrol team.<br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>CSP &amp; Avalanche Canada training programs<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The prime focus of the CSP education programs is providing basic avalanche awareness and safety information to all patrollers. The new <em>CSP On Patrol Manual<\/em>, Appendix C, Avalanche Safety, contains the required minimum knowledge required by patrollers working at ski centres that have an avalanche risk potential.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Avalanche Canada&#8217;s training program is the national standard for recreational avalanche training. The courses are designed by Avalanche Canada to suit the needs of recreationists and delivered by independent third-party providers, who are licensed by Avalanche Canada.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Avalanche Canada curriculum includes the following courses: AST 1, AST 1 Refresher, Companion Rescue Skills, Managing Avalanche Terrain and AST 2. The Avalanche Canada <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avalanche.ca\/training\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> provides a comprehensive overview of its training programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Avalanche Skills Training 1<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The first step in your formal avalanche education, a minimum 16-hour course, which combines classroom theory and practical field exercises. Typically taught over one full weekend, it can be conducted at your local ski area or in the backcountry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This course provides an entry-level decision-making framework that is based on the most advanced knowledge available and suitable for use by people with basic training and little experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the end of the course, students should be able to:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Describe avalanche formation and release using basic terminology.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Identify avalanche terrain.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Plan and complete a backcountry trip plan using all available resources.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Describe techniques to minimize risk when traveling in the backcountry.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Demonstrate a basic companion rescue.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Avalanche Skills Training 2<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A comprehensive, advanced avalanche skills course for non-professionals. A minimum 30-hour course spread over four days. Emphasis is on practical field skills, including terrain recognition, route finding, safe travel, group management, stability evaluation, small party self-rescue. The field sessions are in the backcountry, so appropriate touring equipment and skills are required. This course requires the course leader to be a CAA Avalanche Professional. The instructors are typically ACMG certified guides.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prerequisites include having taken an AST 1 course previously and some experience in backcountry touring. It is not recommended to do an AST 1 and an AST 2 course in the same season.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Companion rescue skills (CRS) course<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This course is a one-day, field-based course designed for people looking to update and improve upon their search and rescue abilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The CRS course is suitable for any snowmobiler, skier, snowboarder, mountaineer, or snowshoer who recreates in avalanche terrain.\u00a0Content can be focused to\u00a0two interest groups:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">AST graduates (1 or 2) looking to update and improve upon search and rescue abilities learned in their AST courses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CSP patrollers with no AST training,\u00a0who want to have rescue skills to enable them to be valuable members of their ski resort\u2019s rescue teams.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The one-day Companion Rescue Skills course will train students to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Consider preventative measure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Understand transceiver functions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Apply search and rescue techniques.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Identify post-incident considerations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This course can be taken on a yearly basis to ensure that rescue skills are continually kept up-to-date.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>CSP and avalanche training courses<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>The CSP is licensed by Avalanche Canada to provide avalanche training courses.<\/li>\n<li>However, within the CSP&#8217;s avalanche training program, there is limited ability to conduct avalanche courses. CSP-organized courses are offered in areas near CSP-affiliated instructors.<\/li>\n<li>In other areas of the country, Avalanche Canada courses can be accessed by contacting a local course provider.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Online avalanche courses<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have you previously taken an avalanche course and feel in need of an update or refresher course? New to the backcountry\/off-piste skiing and not sure of what avalanche safety is all about? Not sure of what you think you know or don\u2019t know about travel in avalanche terrain? There is an excellent online resource that is available for you. Highly recommended and covers the following topics:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Avalanche formation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Avalanche terrain<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pre-trip Planning<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reducing risk in the field<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rescue<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Avalanche incident reporting<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Check out\u00a0 <em>AvySavvy<\/em>, Avalanche Canada\u2019s 0nline avalanche tutorial &#8211; in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/avysavvy.avalanche.ca\/en-ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">English<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/avysavvy.avalanche.ca\/fr-ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">French<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>These online avalanche courses are NOT intended to replace\u00a0the formal avalanche training in AST 1 &amp; AST 2 courses<\/b><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>General CSP avalanche information<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For general information on any of the following subjects:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The CSP&#8217;s On Patrol Manual, Avalanche Safety chapter.<\/li>\n<li>Current avalanche course offerings (dates and costs).<\/li>\n<li>Subsidy monies to assist Mountain Division Patrollers in attending avalanche-related workshops and courses.<\/li>\n<li>Avalanche Canada&#8217;s training program.<\/li>\n<li>Any avalanche-related topic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contact<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Ken Lukawy (CSP National Avalanche Program Coordinator) at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:ken.lukawy@skipatrol.ca\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ken.lukawy@skipatrol.ca<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Provincial Advanced First-Aid Certification Letter Avalanche dog rescue simulation &#8211; video The Rescue at Cherry Bowl Avalanche safety and rescue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3206,"featured_media":848,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-80","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/mountain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/mountain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/mountain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/mountain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3206"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/mountain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/mountain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1204,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/mountain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions\/1204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/mountain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/mountain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}