Snowshoeing-technique course with avalanche-rescue course

With the right snowshoeing technique, you will be unstoppable on your snowshoes.

Technique:

• A good walking technique uphill and downhill saves energy and is more efficient.
• On hard firn snow and icy areas, there are a few tricks that make walking on these surfaces easier and make the tour safer.
• Which snowshoe is the right one?
• What do you want to do where and how do you achieve it?
• Which route should you choose?
• What is 3x3 reduction-method?
• Included: Course documents for the snowshoe-walking technique.

Avalanche rescue:

• We choose the route based on the current avalanche bulletin
• We use a snow profile to check the quality of the snow
• What do the following words mean: Gering (low), mässig (moderate), erheblich (significant), gross (high), sehr gross (very high)
• How to react when an avalanche is set off?
• We practice searching, probing and digging with an avalanche transceiver
• We know what to do when the rescue helicopter arrives.
• Included: Course documents

Length of time: 6 hours
Start: 09:30 hrs
End: 16:00 hrs

Meeting point: Matterhorn-Express valley station Zermatt, drive to Schwarzsee.

Age: minimum 10 years old
Number of participants: 1-10 people

Price: 

• CHF 250.- per person, including course documents
• CHF 20.- for Children up to 16 years

Included: Course documents
Excluded: Rental equipment, travel expenses to Zermatt, food and drinks

Course Instructor:

Heidi Bühler, Snowshoe tour guide, Avalanche expert, "SMT-SBV Winter 3" Swiss Mountain Training - Swiss mountain guide association, "SLF Snow and Avalanches A"  Institude for Snow and Avalanche Research Davos, SVEB 1