English Speakers_Übungsleiter*in Skitouring

56 units in 5 days:

• Planning and organization of ski tours
• Orientation (map, GPS and alpenvereinaktiv app)
• Weather, snow and avalanche lessons (snow physics)
• Backgroundinformations to the Stop or Go© Strategie
• Specific aspekts of avalanche accidents and rescuetechnique
• Group dynamics processes and leading groups
• Update about gear and outdoor equipment
• Organization, basic law and insurance questions

Lectures and presentations, plenary and small group work, practical exercises and implementation, reflection and feedback.

• Be a minimum of 16 years old
• Physiological and Psychological fitness
• Experience in planning and leading ski tours
• Skiing technique: swift, controlled and without falling in every snow condition. Technically and stylistically on advanced level. Impeccable ascent technique (kick turns)
• Fitness: Be in good shape. Ascents up to 1.000 altitude meters in less than 3 hours
• Fundamental knowledge about avalanche safety equipment (transceiver, shovel, probe)
• Fundamental experience in evaluating ski touring terrain and track setting
• Fundamental knowledge about our concept Stop or Go©

Tour report requested when booking:

Please privode a list of 6 ski tours (at least 1.000 altitude meters) that you have done within the last 2 years. Please add name of your ski partner and date (month, year).

For a course confirmation (confirmation of participation or certificate) the successful and complete participation is required.

• Successful: Participants have achieved the desired educational goals.
• ·Complete: Participants were fully present and actively involved in all parts of the course (tolerance for absences not exceeding 1 h)