The past couple weekends (1/6-8 & 1/13-15) SMG held two level 1 avalanche courses at the Williams Peak Yurt. Participants hiked in 6 miles – to live in the mountains for 3 days while absorbing information about snowpack layering, avalanche terrain and rescue training. Good weather, great views and even some good turns were had in both weekends.
Now our ski tracks and the layers of the snowpack are buried under several more feet of new snow!
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- Blower!
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- Spacing out in avalanche terrain
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- Learning rescue techniques, then practiced in the field
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- Good students get treats.
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- Old debris from the holiday cycle
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- Zipping back to the hut
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- Makin some turns!
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- Thompson Peak on fire!
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- Learning about beacons