Take this advanced course to improve your avalanche skills. Join a certified guide from Utah Mountain Adventures in Park City and the Cottonwood Canyons backcountry. Open to experienced backcountry or off piste skiers.
Group
4 Days
Jan - Mar, Dec
High
Advanced
I have designed this program for skiers and backcountry leaders who are looking to improve their avalanche skills, and sharpen their decision making. This Avalanche course follows Level I, which is a prerequisite to take Level II.
The goal of this course is to give you the skills and confidence to be able to plan and lead backcountry (or off piste) skiing trips. This includes knowledge on:
Documenting test profiles and field observations
Forecasting instability and danger
Addressing human factors
and conducting multiple-burial companion recovery
The duration of this Avalanche Course is of a total of 40 hours, divided across 4 days. We will have some classroom lectures (in Park City), followed by field sessions (in Deer Valley and the Cottonwood Canyons backcountry). Activities each day will be between 8am to 6pm.
To join this program you will need substantial backcountry (off piste skiing) experience. You will also need to have completed the Avalanche course Level I.
Who usually takes this course? Ski patrollers, winter search and rescue teams, mountain guides, and other serious winter mountain travelers.
If you are ready for this Avalanche course in Utah Level II, request your booking! Have a look at other programs in this area, such as: Wasatch Peaks, 2 Day Climbing Expedition Seminar, Salt Lake City, 3 Day Ski Mountaineering Seminar, and this Utah Ice Climbing Day Course for all Levels.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS TRIP IS ONLY PROPOSED ON THE DATES LISTED BELOW.
Meeting point
Mountain Guide
Based in the Wasatch Range near Salt Lake and Park City since 1993, Utah Mountain Adventures (UMA) is the premier full-spectrum, year-round guide service in Utah.
Programs include backcountry skiing, split-snowboarding, rock climbing, ice climbing, avalanche instruction, summer and winter mountaineering, trekking (hiking and snowshoeing) and canyoneering skills.
Led by Julie Faure and Tyson Bradley, UMA (formerly Exum Utah Mountain Adventures) operates under a permit issued by the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
Languages
English
Certificates
AMGA
Man
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