 Poster: A snowHead
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Anyone know anything about this? Found an interesting snippet on the courchevel website, but no detail!
Thursday
To avoid increasing the already terrible statistic of 23 deaths off piste last season in France, you must remember that, even with the best weather conditions, there is no such thing as “zero risk”.
To find out more, come and discover « l’AVALANCH’ CAMP » at the foot of the Suisses chairlift in Courchevel 1850.
regards,
Greg
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Anyone know anything about this? Found an interesting snippet on the courchevel website, but no detail!
Thursday
To avoid increasing the already terrible statistic of 23 deaths off piste last season in France, you must remember that, even with the best weather conditions, there is no such thing as “zero risk”.
To find out more, come and discover « l’AVALANCH’ CAMP » at the foot of the Suisses chairlift in Courchevel 1850.
regards,
Greg |
It is an avalanche beeper training park.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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excellent, nice to see more of these around, so when I'm there in April can I just turn up and practise?
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While we were there, all the signs said that the Camp was closed due to bad weather (as in not enough snow!) Which amused me 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I was pleased to see that Les Arcs offers transceiver initiation sessions every week on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons (at the top of the Transarc lift). Good to see more resorts taking this stuff seriously. I'd like to see Les Arcs or La Plagne install a permanent location for transceiver training. I think there's one in Tignes and in Zinal - anywhere else?
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You'll need to Register first of course.
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Pistehors has a detailed article, titled Beacon Basins, about transceiver usage and practice. It references another Pistehors page, about Snow Safety, that lists resorts with transceiver training and avalanche awareness areas. Both pages are well worth studying.
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Another site with info about Beacon Basins in Europe is Backcountry Access who sponsor a few of the sites. That link takes you to a list of all the ones they've set up around the world (a surprising number in Europe for a predominantly North American organisation).
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