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Introduction to snow safety

The professional mountain guides of the Méribel Mountain Guide Office offer you two new and original activities to improve your knowledge of the snow-covered coat, to get to know the mechanisms of avalanche triggering and to practice the rescue techniques.

If you enjoy off-piste skiing (and/or ski touring) and the mountains in winter conditions, these trainings are made for you.

You can chose between:

  • A condensed training where we introduce you to the necessary safety gear related to off-piste skiing and ski touring. We also deal with sending the alert, as well as an avalanche-search procedure with the individual safety pack (transceiver-shovel-probe).
  •  A whole day in the Méribel resort, to help you improve your rescue skills and ski in a safer manner when you’re freeriding on your own. Management of group in off-piste skiing, sending the alarm, avalanche case scenario and practice, analysing the the snow-covered coat, triggering mechanisms… an intense and meaningful day !

Our packages

Introduction to snow safety (2 hours)

A condensed training where we introduce you to the necessary safety gear related to off-piste skiing and ski touring. We also deal with sending the alert, as well as an avalanche-search procedure with the individual safety pack (transceiver-shovel-probe).

The main goals of this course:

Your professional mountain guide will introduce you to the appropriate behavior in case of an avalanche: presentation of the safety pack (transceiver-shovel-probe), what to do, when to do it, and how to do it.

A short scenario and research practice will help you learn to deal with this situation and use the gear you should always have when you go off piste.

General information:
Booking is mandatory, every Tuesday (or other day on request).

Session from 5 pm till 7 pm.
Supplied gear (beacon-shovel-probe)
Plan warm shoes and warm clothes
Meeting point: Meribel mountain guide’s office  (“Parc Olympique” of “La Chaudanne”)
Public: children starting 13 years old and adults
Price: 70€ per person
Min / maxi of participants: 3/6.
Day : every Tuesday or other day on request

Contact:

(3pm to 7 pm from sunday to friday)

+33 6 43 89 72 91