The Canadian Avalanche Centre Presents
Columbia
Brewery Backcountry Avalanche Workshop
Vancouver:
Saturday Nov 19th, Ridge
Theatre, 3131
Arbutus
Calgary:
Sunday Nov 20th,
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, University of Calgary
9:00am -
4:30pm
Check
back at www.avalanche.ca for announcement
of a Nelson, BC and an Edmonton, AB simulcast event of the Nov 20th
Calgary Workshop
This
workshop is for you!
You?re a backcountry skier, boarder, sledder or climber. Mountain adventure is
important in your life and you want to enjoy your sport for many years to come.
You?ve taken an avalanche course, or read some of the books, and you know that
you owe it to yourself, your friends and your family to ensure your avalanche
knowledge is as up to date as your mountain equipment.
These
events provide an early season avalanche safety primer to help you start your
winter right. This is an opportunity to get together with avalanche experts who
will share their insights, introduce new ideas and tools, and help active winter travelers like
you learn more about snow safety. This year?s workshop theme
is:
Outsmart
the Dragon: Avalanche Risk in a Changing World
Learn from leading Canadian
and US avalanche researchers and experts including:
Jill
Fredston:
author of the new book Snowstruck:
In the Grip of Avalanches and co-director of the Alaska Mountain Safety
Center
Ken
Wylie:
IFMGA Guide; Adventure Guides Program, Thompson Rivers
University
Grant
Statham:
IFMGA Guide; Avalanche Risk Specialist, Parks Canada
Lori
Zacaruk:
owner of Zac's Tracs Snowmobile Tours & Courses
Clair
Israelson:
Canadian Avalanche Centre
John
Kelly:
Canadian Avalanche Centre
Pascal
Hägeli:
project manager, Avalanche Decision
Framework for Amateur
Recreationists; owner Avisualanche Consulting
Bruce
Jamieson:
NSERC Research Chair in Snow Avalanche Risk Control, University of
Calgary
Tickets:
$40 General Admission, $20
Students;
(Student ID required upon admission)
* CAA & CAC Members
receive a 10% discount off General Admission when they purchase tickets through
www.avalanche.ca or by phoning the CAA/CAC
Tickets are available at Mountain Equipment Co-op stores in
Vancouver, North Vancouver & Calgary; University of Calgary Campus Ticket
Centre; Ridge Theatre Box
Office, online at www.avalanche.ca, by phone at 250.837.2435, and at the
door.
For
more information visit www.avalanche.ca
or call 250.837.2435
