Comments on: Avalanches in the News — Colorado and Revelstoke http://www.wildsnow.com/2742/backcountry-skiing-avalanche/ Backcountry Skiing Weblog Blog, FAQs, more, links and info about randonnee, telemark and backcountry ski mountaineering. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:03:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Daniel Dunn http://www.wildsnow.com/2742/backcountry-skiing-avalanche/comment-page-1/#comment-28739 Daniel Dunn Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:49:09 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=2742#comment-28739 Jonathan & Lou, thanks very much, that is super helpful. Storm in CO!! Jonathan & Lou, thanks very much, that is super helpful. Storm in CO!!

]]> By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/2742/backcountry-skiing-avalanche/comment-page-1/#comment-28729 Lou Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:40:55 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=2742#comment-28729 Hi Daniel, our schools around here do have days when they take students up on the ski mountain for a safety awareness day which involves education from ski patrollers, and includes avalanche safety though other things are covered such as OB hazards such as mine shafts. Or at least they used to do this. Now that our teen is an adult we're not tracking that stuff like we used to. Mountain Rescue Aspen also used to go to the schools and teach Hug a Tree survival class to kids. My suggestion to you would be to work through existing institutions and contact them first to see if they do anything presently. I'd call what you're talking about "Backcountry Safety," which would include ski resort safety, avy awareness, what to do if lost, etc. For about three years myself and a few other folks ran an outdoor ed program through our sons church and school. That was a lot of work but we included backcountry safety in the very fabric of what we were doing, and the kids got a lot out of it in that way. You could look into volunteering for an existing outdoor ed program, that way you could have an influence and find out firsthand what they're up to. Some of those programs are good, but some have so little risk management it's upsetting once you see it first hand (or hear about the results later in the newspaper.) Hi Daniel, our schools around here do have days when they take students up on the ski mountain for a safety awareness day which involves education from ski patrollers, and includes avalanche safety though other things are covered such as OB hazards such as mine shafts.

Or at least they used to do this. Now that our teen is an adult we’re not tracking that stuff like we used to.

Mountain Rescue Aspen also used to go to the schools and teach Hug a Tree survival class to kids.

My suggestion to you would be to work through existing institutions and contact them first to see if they do anything presently. I’d call what you’re talking about “Backcountry Safety,” which would include ski resort safety, avy awareness, what to do if lost, etc.

For about three years myself and a few other folks ran an outdoor ed program through our sons church and school. That was a lot of work but we included backcountry safety in the very fabric of what we were doing, and the kids got a lot out of it in that way. You could look into volunteering for an existing outdoor ed program, that way you could have an influence and find out firsthand what they’re up to. Some of those programs are good, but some have so little risk management it’s upsetting once you see it first hand (or hear about the results later in the newspaper.)

]]> By: Jonathan Shefftz http://www.wildsnow.com/2742/backcountry-skiing-avalanche/comment-page-1/#comment-28722 Jonathan Shefftz Sun, 24 Oct 2010 21:33:14 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=2742#comment-28722 So instead of relying on what additional resources I could remember, I just gave up and googled a bit: http://tinyurl.com/2eo3ue2 http://tinyurl.com/25ultek http://tinyurl.com/2cu73ap (toward the bottom) http://tinyurl.com/257xcdz ("Youth Avalanche Awareness Workshop (1 day)* * - details for new courses coming soon") So instead of relying on what additional resources I could remember, I just gave up and googled a bit:
http://tinyurl.com/2eo3ue2
http://tinyurl.com/25ultek
http://tinyurl.com/2cu73ap (toward the bottom)
http://tinyurl.com/257xcdz (“Youth Avalanche Awareness Workshop (1 day)* * – details for new courses coming soon”)

]]> By: Jonathan Shefftz http://www.wildsnow.com/2742/backcountry-skiing-avalanche/comment-page-1/#comment-28721 Jonathan Shefftz Sun, 24 Oct 2010 21:28:11 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=2742#comment-28721 The Canadian journal has featured some good articles on youth education over the past couple years or so: http://tinyurl.com/26ktvlc I don't recall anything in TAR, although I could be wrong: http://tinyurl.com/2u9hl28 I don't think AIARE has any youth-specific training courses or presentations, although once again I might be forgetting something since I don't teach that demographic. The Canadian journal has featured some good articles on youth education over the past couple years or so: http://tinyurl.com/26ktvlc
I don’t recall anything in TAR, although I could be wrong: http://tinyurl.com/2u9hl28
I don’t think AIARE has any youth-specific training courses or presentations, although once again I might be forgetting something since I don’t teach that demographic.

]]> By: Daniel Dunn http://www.wildsnow.com/2742/backcountry-skiing-avalanche/comment-page-1/#comment-28720 Daniel Dunn Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:11:39 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=2742#comment-28720 Lou, I have an idea, and not sure where to start, but you are the top of the list when it comes to knowledge and who to talk to. I want to do some sort of avie clinic, aimed specifically at teenagers. Kids that live in our mt communities can get into the backcountry so fast, and into such crazy terrain, that they need to have some knowledge or bad things are going to happen. But our education system is set up a certain way, and while fine for adults, we need to change up some things, so teenagers get it. More on the delivery front, than the actual content. Wondering if you might have ideas, or feedback, or could direct me to a person or place to start with. BTW, I'm in Breckenridge. Lou,
I have an idea, and not sure where to start, but you are the top of the list when it comes to knowledge and who to talk to. I want to do some sort of avie clinic, aimed specifically at teenagers.
Kids that live in our mt communities can get into the backcountry so fast, and into such crazy terrain, that they need to have some knowledge or bad things are going to happen.
But our education system is set up a certain way, and while fine for adults, we need to change up some things, so teenagers get it. More on the delivery front, than the actual content.
Wondering if you might have ideas, or feedback, or could direct me to a person or place to start with. BTW, I’m in Breckenridge.

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