Ortovox Off-Piste Awareness Tour 2018
From Wednesday 24th October (& various other dates)
Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports Stores (Various Stores)
Join Ellis Brigham and Henry’s Avalanche Talks as we present this year’s Ortovox Off-Piste Awareness Tour with a new focus on knowledge application.
This year’s off-piste awareness tour includes a series of talks in cities across the UK as well as avalanche transceiver training in outdoor locations. It’s the biggest ever schedule and spans five months between October 2018 and February 2019. The talks are led by Henry Schniewind, a leading expert on snow and mountain safety who has been helping to educate off-piste skiers and snowboarders for over thirty years.
For the first time, the talks will focus on the human aspect of off-piste skiing with a new focus on the mantra Learn-Apply, Learn-Apply, Learn-Apply, recently developed by Henry and the HAT team. The French National Association for the Study of Snow and Avalanches (ANENA) endorses the work of HAT and have provided valuable input that has helped the Learn-Apply mantra integrate into the 2018-19 tour.
The Talks
There are two levels of talk available:
1. Essentials Talk – a must-see talk, full of essential information for all off-piste skiers and snowboarders no matter how experienced you are.
2. In-Depth talk – Understand exactly how avalanches are triggered (for those who have already seen the Essentials Talk at least once).
Founder of HAT, Henry Schniewind, said: “Once again we are out there spreading the word about staying safe and having fun out on the mountain. For this year, we have introduced a new strand that focuses on the human aspect and how we can prevent getting into dangerous situations by using the knowledge we have and not letting complacency take control. We also look at how, with the correct approach, skiing off-piste doesn’t have to be any more dangerous than driving our car on UK roads – some of the safest in the world”.
The advanced talks assume you have attended the Essentials Talk and are for expanding upon your existing knowledge. Various theories are discussed including avalanche triggers and helping skiers and snowboarders understand exactly why and where avalanches happen.
Tickets for the talks: from £10 per person
Transceiver Training: from £47.50 per person
Reserve your place at one of the talks below
TALKS IN
LONDON
Essentials Talk Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports |
In-Depth TalkEllis Brigham Mountain Sports |
Essentials Talk Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports |
Essentials Talk Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports |
In-Depth TalkEllis Brigham Mountain Sports |
TALKS IN
TAMWORTH
Essentials Talk Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports |
In-Depth TalkEllis Brigham Mountain Sports |
TALKS IN
MANCHESTER
Essentials Talk Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports |
In-Depth TalkEllis Brigham Mountain Sports |
TALKS IN
CHELMSFORD
Essentials Talk Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports |
In-Depth TalkEllis Brigham Mountain Sports |
TALKS IN
SCOTLAND
Essentials Talk Soar at Intu Braehead |
Essentials Talk St Mary's Hall |
TALKS IN
CHESTER
Essentials Talk Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports |
Avalanche Transceiver Training (beeper)
Beeper training sessions are an outdoor activity event where participants learn and practice the location of victims buried underneath the snow using the latest transceiver technology that's worn by anyone venturing off-piste in a European resort or backcountry in North America.
Each of these sessions is scheduled to run for 2.5 to 3 hours and is designed to ensure anyone attending can retrieve a buried transceiver within 5 minutes. The training introduces people to all aspects of off-piste safety equipment and preparation and in particular, how to use a transceiver.
The training includes the location of eight to ten buried victims in a circuit of pre-set avalanche accident sites, mimicking a real-life avalanche rescue situation.
Wimbledon Common
Windmill Tea Rooms (Car Park)
Windmill Road
London
SW19 5NQ
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Poole
Sandbanks Beach Cafe
Banks Road
Poole
BH13 7QQ
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Manchester
Jackson's Boat
Rifle Road
Sale
M33 2LX
Saturday 24th November 11:00am
Bristol
Leigh Woods National Nature Reserve
North Rd
Bristol
BS8 3PZ
Saturday 1st December 11:00am
