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BRP (Ski-Doo) is offering a FREE 3 hour avalanche seminar at Glacier House Resort on Thursday, November 18 starting at 7 p.m. going to 10 p.m.
If you are thinking of attending, can you let Ron know so he can pass this onto BRP so they know how many to expect.
The goals of the seminar are:
-to increase awareness and education of the riders to demonstrate that "they don't know what they don't know" and some of the common misconceptions about avalanche and safety.
-provide participants with an opportunity to see and handle various products currently available to help improve avalanche safety and/or awareness.
-provide enough information to be of value and increase awareness, while at the same time enticing them to take a structured course, starting with the AST 1 course.
-achieve items 1 though 3 in a positive , dynamic and interactive way to maintain participant interest and increase level of retained knowledge.
-12 minute video; snowmobile specific avalanche activity.
-avalanche safety toolkit: discussion on CAC resources, a persons training, knowledge, equipment and observation skills.
-discussion of the CAC public awareness bulletins and special public avalanche warnings.
-short, 'hands-on' group exercise with avalanche beacons.
-Avaluator exercise.
-question and answer period.
-if time, an air bag demonstration and discussion may be conducted.
Ron LaRoy
laroy@telus.net
If you are thinking of attending, can you let Ron know so he can pass this onto BRP so they know how many to expect.
The goals of the seminar are:
-to increase awareness and education of the riders to demonstrate that "they don't know what they don't know" and some of the common misconceptions about avalanche and safety.
-provide participants with an opportunity to see and handle various products currently available to help improve avalanche safety and/or awareness.
-provide enough information to be of value and increase awareness, while at the same time enticing them to take a structured course, starting with the AST 1 course.
-achieve items 1 though 3 in a positive , dynamic and interactive way to maintain participant interest and increase level of retained knowledge.
-12 minute video; snowmobile specific avalanche activity.
-avalanche safety toolkit: discussion on CAC resources, a persons training, knowledge, equipment and observation skills.
-discussion of the CAC public awareness bulletins and special public avalanche warnings.
-short, 'hands-on' group exercise with avalanche beacons.
-Avaluator exercise.
-question and answer period.
-if time, an air bag demonstration and discussion may be conducted.
Ron LaRoy
laroy@telus.net
