{"id":12597,"date":"2021-12-16T20:02:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T00:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/?p=12597"},"modified":"2022-01-20T18:39:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T22:39:02","slug":"avalanche-training-in-the-csp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/2021\/12\/avalanche-training-in-the-csp\/","title":{"rendered":"Avalanche Training in the CSP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/sites\/www.skipatrol.ca\/wp-content\/\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/CSP-Dec-5-by-5-Email-Header-17.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/16200123\/CSP-Dec-5-by-5-Email-Header-17.png 600w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/16200123\/CSP-Dec-5-by-5-Email-Header-17-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/cspnational.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/16200123\/CSP-Dec-5-by-5-Email-Header-17-560x187.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Ken Lukawy, National Avalanche Program Coordinator (<a href=\"mailto:ken.lukawy@skipatrol.ca\">ken.lukawy@skipatrol.ca<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new <i>CSP On Patrol Manual<\/i> has a much revised section on avalanche safety. Appendix C covers the minimum amount of avalanche related information required by a CSP patroller to perform their role as part of a ski centre\u2019s snow safety team.<\/p>\n<p>What this appendix does not do is teach about the avalanche phenomena. There are many other resources available that do a better job than the CSP can do.<\/p>\n<p>The first place to look is the Avalanche Canada <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avalanche.ca\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For a quick fix, check out the on-line avalanche tutorial AvySavvy, (<a href=\"https:\/\/avysavvy.avalanche.ca\/en-ca\">English<\/a>) or Ava Avis\u00e9 (<a href=\"https:\/\/avysavvy.avalanche.ca\/fr-ca\">French<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>For a deeper dive into available online resources, from the Avalanche Canada main page, the \u201cStart Here\u201d tab will open up the world of videos, tutorials and course descriptions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Backcountry Access has produced a great series of videos and blogs on <a href=\"https:\/\/backcountryaccess.com\/en-ca\/learn-avalanche-safety\">avalanche safety<\/a>, with a particular emphasis on companion rescue.<\/p>\n<p>For the snowmobilers among us, Skidoo\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ski-doo.com\/us\/en\/owner-zone\/learn-to-ride\/safety\/avalanche.html\">avalanche safety videos<\/a> are targeted at snowmobilers, but they&#8217;re a great resource for anyone heading into the backcountry.<\/p>\n<p>Thinking of taking an Avalanche Skills Training (AST) course? The CSP is licensed by Avalanche Canada as course provider. While the CSP avalanche instructor team is western-Canada based, AST courses are available across the country from other AST course providers.<\/p>\n<p>CSP Mountain Division is organizing an AST 2 course to be held January 29 to February 1, 2022. This is a four-day course, with classroom (either online or in-person) the first day, followed by three days of ski touring in the Rockies north of Lake Louise and Glacier National Park (Rogers Pass) in the Columbia mountains. Cost is $615. Register by December 28, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>For information on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>any avalanche subject,<\/li>\n<li>avalanche courses availability or schedules,<\/li>\n<li>or to register for the AST 2 course,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>please contact the CSP\u2019s National Avalanche Program Coordinator Ken Lukawy (<a href=\"mailto:ken.lukawy@skipatrol.ca\">ken.lukawy@skipatrol.ca<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ken Lukawy, National Avalanche Program Coordinator (ken.lukawy@skipatrol.ca) The new CSP On Patrol Manual has a much revised section on avalanche safety. 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