Avalanche Skills Training 2 – BC’s mountains offer some of the world’s best opportunities for winter backcountry experiences and exploration. In order to explore, you have a responsibility—to yourselves, your friends, and your family—to get avalanche training.
Built around daily processes, we teach an approach used by professionals. It expands on the foundations of your AST 1. Providing a more advanced decision-making framework for traveling in avalanche terrain. 8 hours minimum of lodge-based instruction with three days in the field. Plenty of time to put your skills to practice.
The focus of this Avalanche Skills Training 2 course will be on developing and implementing a process for assessing and evaluating potential avalanche slopes in the backcountry in regard to the hazard that they present. The course will emphasize the practical collection and analysis of relevant data that an average backcountry skier would be able to use as the basis for making their decisions regarding travel in avalanche terrain.
This course requires an AST 1 as a prerequisite.
A 4 night stay at Ice Creek Lodge and all our lodge amenities. Build by mountain people for mountain people. After a long day in the field, guests can enjoy the comforts of the cozy timber-style lodge. Enjoy our wood-heated sauna and mountain-style bucket shower before settling down to amazing backcountry cuisine, good tunes, lodge magazines, board games, or your book.
New this year are 4 private bedrooms to spend your nights resting for your next big day of unbelievable turns.
This tour includes all helicopter transportation from our staging area in Burton, BC to Ice Creek Lodge, return flights included. We have been working with our pilot Mark Homis from High Terrain Helicopters for over 25 years. He is an incredible pilot.
Please note; that any emergency evacuations will be at the cost of the client.
At Ice Creek Lodge we strive to give you the best of the best. Our community is composed of professionals who are not only hardworking and knowledgable but also simply RAD! Your instructors are all certified by the ACMG (Association of Canadian Mountain Guides), are professional members of the CAA (Canadian Avalanche Association), and have attained WSBC level III OFA certification or better. All cooks are professional with Food Safe and basic first aid.
Tell us what interests you most about this itinerary and any changes you might like to see, including change in duration, activities, etc.
Layering
Group Extras (optional)
Cabin Stuff
Our guides are all certified by the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides, are professional members of the Canadian Avalanche Association, and are WSBC level III OFA certified.
Preparing for a winter tour at Ice Creek Lodge.
This lodge is well situated with much of its terrain being on north facing slopes which is great for maintaining snow quality. We had a great week of backcountry skiing, in scenic mountainous terrain, with many long (thigh burning) descents on north facing slopes.
Fred Thiessen | Kamloops, BC
