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Snowshoeing-technique course with avalanche-rescue course

With the right technique, you will be unstoppable on your snowshoes.

Next available date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024

6 hours
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CHF 250.00

Description

With the right snowshoeing technique, you will be unstoppable on your snowshoes.

Technique:

  • A good walking technique uphill and downhill saves energy and is more efficient.
  • On hard firn snow and icy areas, there are a few tricks that make walking on these surfaces easier and make the tour safer.
  • Which snowshoe is the right one?
  • What do you want to do where and how do you achieve it?
  • Which route should you choose?
  • What is 3x3 reduction-method?
  • Included: Course documents for the snowshoe-walking technique.

Avalanche rescue:

  • We choose the route based on the current avalanche bulletin
  • We use a snow profile to check the quality of the snow
  • What do the following words mean: Gering (low), mässig (moderate), erheblich (significant), gross (high), sehr gross (very high)
  • How to react when an avalanche is set off?
  • We practice searching, probing and digging with an avalanche transceiver
  • We know what to do when the rescue helicopter arrives.
  • Included: Course documents

Price and conditions

Price

  • CHF 250.- per person, including course documents
  • CHF 20.- for Children up to 16 years

More information

Meeting point: Matterhorn-Express valley station Zermatt, drive to Schwarzsee.

Length of time: 6 hours
Start: 09:30 hrs
End: 16:00 hrs

Age: minimum 10 years old
Number of participants: 1-10 people

Included: Course documents
Excluded: Rental equipment, travel expenses to Zermatt, food and drinks

Course Instructor:

Heidi Bühler, Snowshoe tour guide, Avalanche expert, "SMT-SBV Winter 3" Swiss Mountain Training - Swiss mountain guide association, "SLF Snow and Avalanches A"  Institude for Snow and Avalanche Research Davos, SVEB 1

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