Avalanche skills training (AST) - Level 1
Learn from the Sea to Sky's leading avalanche skills educator.
Learn from the Sea to Sky’s leading avalanche skills educator. Receive the latest Avalanche Skills Training (AST) safety and rescue skills with our expert instruction. Our AST instructors are highly skilled and are constantly upgrading their knowledge so you receive the best and most up-to-date skills and tips to keep you safe as you explore the backcountry.
Keep building your avalanche skills with our progression of courses. Start with an Intro to Backcountry tours are available to get comfortable with your gear and moving through ungroomed snow.
AST Level 1 Courses
AST 1 Whistler
Duration: 2 Days
Prerequisites: Average Fitness & Intermediate Skier
The first step in Avalanche Canada’s Avalanche Skills Program, AST1 will build fundamental skills for safe travel through the mountains.
Women's AST 1
Duration: 2 Days
Prerequisites: Average Fitness & Intermediate Skier
Part of our Women’s Backcountry Series, AST1 will build fundamental skills for safe travel through the mountains.
BACKCOUNTRY SKI CLINICS
A clinic is not a course, it is building and refining skills so that they are applied in an efficient and effective manner, which then leads to a strong structured foundation for a safe, rewarding trip and rapid future progression.
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