Avalanche Safety Course, 2 Days, Andermatt, Switzerland
From: CHF 479
Spend 2 days in the mountains above Andermatt with your professional local guide and a small group while you develop your knowledge and skill in avalanche safety. A perfect avalanche safety course for beginners.
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Reviews 1 Review5/5
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Vacation Style Holiday Type
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Activity Level Moderate Adventure Holidays
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Group Size Small Group
Avalanche Safety Course
Overview
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2 Days, 1 Night
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Staying in a Mountain Hotel
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Learn while in the mountains
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English Speaking Guides
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Learn critical life-saving skills
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All Equipment
Why Do We Recommend It?
Developing the basic skills for avalanche safety is a critical part of enjoying the mountains. Keeping yourself and others around you safe is a priceless ability. It also allows you to really access remote areas in the mountains with confidence.
Your guides are highly experienced and with these small groups, they’re able to spend time with you clarifying all points and developing your knowledge and skills. The course is operated by our highly trusted Swiss partners.
Is It Right for Me?
Activity Level: Moderate Adventure Holiday
Piste: confident on skis
Powder snow: beginner experience necessary
Terrain: moderately steep, some steeper sections
Alpine technique (for ski touring): initial touring experience
For snowboarders: confident traversing (frontside/backside), ability to ride flat areas using a sliding technique (ski poles)
Duration from 4 to 6 hours, up to approx. 1,000 vertical meters, approx. 250 vertical meters per hour.
Can I Go Anytime?
The tour is scheduled for specific dates and you can find those while checking availability in the fields above. However, not all dates are guaranteed to run and some may already have filled. So, just enter the dates you’re interested in and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible with confirmation of availability. We always do our best to get the trip that suits you best.
If you don’t see any dates that work for you, just select Get In Touch and send us a quick message about what would be ideal for you. We’ll do what we can and get back to you with options to make your dream trip a reality.
Itsy Bitsy Details
- Where: Andermatt, Switzerland
- Duration: 2 Days, 1 Night
- Tour Starts: Andermatt, Switzerland
- Tour Ends: Andermatt, Switzerland
- Fly To: Zurich or Basel
- Fly From: Zurich or Basel
- Group Size: 3 to 8 people per guide
- Average Climb: 4 to 6 hours, up to approx. 1,000 vertical meters, approx. 250 vertical meters per hour.
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- Guidance and supervision provided by a mountain guide
- Accommodation with half board: 1 x hotel (standard multi-bed room)
- Mammut Safety Equipment to test (Avalanche Safety Equipment and Avalanche Airbag worth CHF 89.-)
- Eiger Extreme Hardshell Jacke to test
- “Caution Avalanches” course materials
- 15% discount on mammut.com
- Transport (possible journey by mountain rail)
- Snacks and drinks
- Ski touring equipment CHF 89.- (skis, binding, skins, ski crampons, poles incl. insurance)
- Ski touring boots CHF 42.-
- Snowboarders incl. poles CHF 40.-
- Optional: Swiss Mountain Training Certificate CHF 30.-
Avalanche Safety Course
2 Days, Andermatt, Switzerland
Avalanche safety training and preparation are essential for anyone who wants to spend time off the pistes in the mountains. With this basic 2-day avalanche training course in Andermatt, you will learn both practical skills while ski touring as well as theory like how to assess conditions and safe ski tour planning.
You’ll learn and develop the skills required to plan and enjoy ski tours in safety. All while enjoying the spectacular scenery and great company of your small group.
Contents
- Interpreting dangers using avalanche forecasts and applying this information to tour planning
- Developing an understanding of the 3 x 3 method
- Identifying danger signs in avalanche terrain and knowing how susceptible the terrain is to avalanches
- The safe setting of tracks for ascent and descent
- The use of emergency equipment (avalanche transceiver, avalanche shovel, avalanche probe, and avalanche airbag backpack)
- Correct behavior in an accident
Aim
You will be able to identify potential avalanche situations using the tools and skills acquired and will be able to evaluate conditions on simple ski tours independently. You will know how to efficiently organize and carry out an avalanche burial scenario procedure.
Technique
Piste: confident on skis; Powder snow: beginner experience necessary; Terrain: moderately steep, some steeper sections; Alpine technique (for ski touring): initial touring experience
For snowboarders: confident traversing (frontside/backside), ability to ride flat areas using a sliding technique (ski poles)
Condition
Duration from 4 to 6 hours, up to approx.1,000 vertical meters, approx. 250 vertical meters per hour.
Group
3-8 participants per mountain guide
Meeting place
9.45 a.m. Furkastrasse 2, 6490 Andermatt (train arrival 9.24 a.m. Andermatt)
Departure
Approx. 4.00 p.m. from point of departure
- Guidance and supervision provided by a mountain guide
- Accommodation with half board: 1 x hotel (standard multi-bed room)
- Mammut Safety Equipment to test (Avalanche Safety Equipment and Avalanche Airbag worth CHF 89.-)
- Eiger Extreme Hardshell Jacke to test
- “Caution Avalanches” course materials
- 15% discount on mammut.com
- Transport (possible journey by mountain rail)
- Snacks and drinks
- Ski touring equipment CHF 89.- (skis, binding, skins, ski crampons, poles incl. insurance)
- Ski touring boots CHF 42.-
- Snowboarders incl. poles CHF 40.-
- Optional: Swiss Mountain Training Certificate CHF 30.-
Activity Level: Moderate Adventure Holiday
Technique
Piste: confident on skis
Powder snow: beginner experience necessary
Terrain: moderately steep, some steeper sections
Alpine technique (for ski touring): initial touring experience
For snowboarders: confident traversing (frontside/backside), ability to ride flat areas using a sliding technique (ski poles)
Duration from 4 to 6 hours, up to approx. 1,000 vertical meters, approx. 250 vertical meters per hour.
I booked an avalanche course with Action Culture and the process was easy and clear. The questions I had were answered quickly and although it's a tough time with many changes in regulations due to Corona, Action Culture kept me up to date with important information.