Already have your AST 1? Companion Rescue Skills is the perfect refresher — a single, focused field day dedicated entirely to search and rescue
Location: Nelson BC (Whitewater Backcountry or Kootenay Pass)
Course Format : 1 full day in the backcountry
Price: $197 + tax
Dates : See below
What you will learn:
AST 1 gives you a solid introduction to companion rescue, but it's one piece of a two-day course covering a lot of ground. Companion Rescue Skills is different: it's a full day spent exclusively on the skills that matter most in an emergency : fast, methodical transceiver searches, multiple-burial scenarios, and efficient shoveling technique. This course is built to sharpen the skills you hope you never need to use.
- Reviewing and using your avalanche safety gear
- A methodical, efficient approach to companion rescue.
- Transceiver search technique, from initial signal to fine search.
- Locating a buried subject without a working transceiver.
- Deep burial search strategy.
- Effective, efficient shoveling and digging technique.
- Managing multiple-burial scenarios.
- Organizing and leading a group rescue.
- Post-incident considerations.
