The snowboarding group

Avalanche Training

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December 4th 2010
Hi there, Last weekend was our avalanche training course. Basically it involved 2 days of being taught how to use an avalanche transceiver, probe and shovel to find a person who has been buried in an avalanche but more importantly how to analyse the conditions to try to avoid getting caught in one in the first place! We started off the day with a presentation about how dangerous avalanches ... read more

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A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the sou... ... read more