New this year is Chamonix Experience AIARE Avalanche Course. This 3 day course covers the fundamentals of avalanche hazard management, avalanche rescue and decision making in avalanche terrain.

At its core, this Level 1 course is designed to help you build a framework for making decisions in avalanche terrain.  We will combine classroom and field sessions to build the tools you need to plan and execute a day in avalanche terrain.  This will include utilizing weather and avalanche resources, making field snowpack observations, understanding the pitfalls of human decision making patterns, and implementing route and terrain selection options. This course is a must for all skiers, snowboarders, alpinists and anyone spending time in avalanche terrain.

AIARE qualified IFMGA mountain guide Miles Smart will be leading these courses and cost for three days including course materials and avalanche gear is 270€.

Find out more or contact us to book!

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news Martina Palm 02 Dec 2009 No Comments

What a great start to the season with all this snow and all this great off piste skiing!

Off piste skiing is allowed in most parts of the Alps and under each ones responsibility. It is a privilege to have this freedom but before getting too excited and heading out off piste you should have an understanding of the risks involved in skiing out of marked and controlled areas and know what to do in case of an avalanche.
We would like to encourage everybody who skis off piste to take an avalanche course in the beginning of every season.

Chamonix Experience 1 day Avalanche Awareness course lead by IFMGA mountain guide is running every Wednesday and Saturday through out the season.
Next courses scheduled:
20th of December 1 place left
27th of December 6 places leftCall  +33 4 50 54 09 36 to book!

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news Martina Palm 17 Dec 2008 No Comments

We have posted dates and prices for most Chamonix Experience courses and adventures winter 2008/2009. Please check out the various pages for our Off-Piste course, Haute Route, Ski Touring course and Winter Mountaineering course as well as our daily activities such as ski the Vallee Blanche, Crevasse Rescue course and Avalanche Awareness course.

We are pleased to be able to offer an all-inclusive package this winter for our week-long programmes based in Chamonix. We will be using the very comfortable Yeti Lodge here in Argentiere. We already use this luxury chalet for our summer Mont Blanc courses.

 

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news Martina Palm 06 Jul 2008 No Comments

We have spaces available on an Avalanche Awareness Course that is running on Monday, the 24th of March. If you ski off-piste, or do any backcountry skiing, ski touring or ski mountaineering, your avalanche awareness skills should definitely be up to speed! 

A certified Mountain Guide will take you to one of the ski areas in the Chamonix valley and teach you all about mountain safety regarding avalanches: how to read the terrain, taking into account wind, temperature, aspect and weather history; how to ski safely; and if all preventative measures fail, what to do if an avalanche does occur. After learning the practical theory, you will have the chance to do your own searches using avalanche transceivers.

For more info, click here, and to book, click here.

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news elizabeth 18 Mar 2008 No Comments