©Bill Glude 2005

COURSE SCHEDULE,

LEVEL 2 TWO WEEKEND COURSE

Our Level 2 courses are full 4-day, 45-hour courses that exceed the American Avalanche Association curriculum guidelines and follow all applicable US and international standards. We follow the US standard AAA observation guidelines. This schedule includes 4 full field days and 4 full evenings of classroom sessions.

FIRST WEEKEND, FRIDAY EVENING CLASSROOM

CHECK-IN 6:30 - 7:00 at downtown fire hall classroom (across from the Federal building, enter on the back side from the parking lot, front door is locked at night)
INTRODUCTIONS (20 min, to 7:20pm)
OVERVIEW OF ADVANCED AVALANCHE STUDY (25 min, to 7:45pm), break
RESCUE FOR LEADERS (45 minutes, to 8:40pm) - Review, update, leadership role, organization.
FORECASTING EXERCISE (45 minutes, 9:35pm)
ANNOUNCEMENTS (10 minutes, to 9:45pm)

FIRST WEEKEND, SATURDAY

FIELD SESSION
Meet 8am lower Eaglecrest parking lot near lodge, inside E lodge doorway if nasty.
Climb to rescue field area, arrive about 9am.
RESCUE FOR LEADERS: Review, update, flux line mapping, teaching beacon search to others, probe line setup, timed practices, lunch, leadership, organization, advanced drills & scenarios. (5 hours)
SNOW SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS SETUP I (2 hours) These are the ongoing projects which we will check on later field trips. We will start setting them up as time permits.
DESCENT at about 4:00pm (<1 hour)

DINNER BREAK (30 min; nominally 5 to 5:30pm) - dinner at day lodge by preorder

CLASSROOM SESSIONS
RESCUE WRAPUP (15 min, until 5:45pm)
METAMORPHISM FOR AVALANCHE FORECASTING (45 minutes, until 6:30pm), break
FORECASTING EXERCISE (45 minutes, until 7:25pm), break
MOUNTAIN WEATHER (45 min, until 8:20pm)
ANNOUNCEMENTS (10 minutes, to 8:30pm)

FIRST WEEKEND, SUNDAY

FIELD SESSION
Meet 8am lower Eaglecrest parking lot near lodge; inside E lodge doorway if nasty.
Climb to field area, arrive about 10am.
SNOW SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS SETUP II (2 hours) Finish setup begun yesterday.
FIELD SNOW STUDY TECHNIQUES & INVESTIGATIONS (4 hours)
DESCENT at about 3:45pm (1 hour plus, timing depends on darkness, headlamps mandatory)

CLASSROOM SESSIONS
FIELD NOTES WRAPUP: FIELD BOOKS, POLAR DIAGRAMS, & WEATHER RECORDS (45 min, until 5:45pm)
ANNOUNCEMENTS (15 minutes, to 6pm)

SECOND WEEKEND, FRIDAY EVENING CLASSROOM

FRACTURE, RELEASE, & DYNAMICS (begin 7pm, 45 minutes, until 7:45pm), break
HUMAN FACTOR (45 minutes, until 8:40), break
FORECASTING EXERCISE (45 minutes, until 9:35pm)
ANNOUNCEMENTS (10 minutes, to 9:45pm)

SECOND WEEKEND, SATURDAY

FIELD SESSION
Meet 8am lower Eaglecrest parking lot near lodge, inside E lodge doorway if nasty.
Climb to field area, arrive about 10:30am.
HUMAN FACTOR & DECISIONMAKING: advanced group exercise in routefinding, stability evaluation, & decisionmaking (5.5 hours)
DESCENT, continuing routefinding & decisionmaking exercise, at about 3:00pm (2 hours)

DINNER BREAK (30 min, nominally 5 to 5:30pm) - dinner at day lodge by preorder

CLASSROOM SESSIONS
FIELD WRAPUP (15 minutes, until 5:45)
ADVANCED TERRAIN, STEEPS & SLUFF MANAGEMENT (45 min, until 6:30pm), break
GLACIERS & ICE AVALANCHES (45 min, until 7:25), break
CURRENT AVALANCHE RESEARCH (45 minutes, until 8:20)
ANNOUNCEMENTS (10 minutes, to 8:30pm)

SECOND WEEKEND, SUNDAY

FIELD SESSION
Meet 8am lower Eaglecrest parking lot near lodge, inside E lodge doorway if nasty.
Climb to field area, arrive about 10:30am.
SNOW EXPERIMENTS - RESULTS & SNOW SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS (4.5 hours)
DESCENT at about 3:30pm (1.5 hours plus, timing depends on darkness, headlamps mandatory)

CLASSROOM SESSIONS
WRAPUP EXERCISE (45 min, until 5:45pm)
ANNOUNCEMENTS (15 minutes, to 6pm)