©Bill Glude 2005
COURSE SCHEDULE
LEVEL 1 ONE WEEKEND JUNEAU COURSE

Our Level 1 courses are 3-day, 33-hour courses that meet and exceed the American Avalanche Association curriculum and teach according to AAA observations guidelines, the US standard. The one-weekend course schedule includes 3 full field days and 3 full evenings of classroom sessions.

Note that this course requires a full three field days. We schedule it on holidays whenever we can, but it is your responsibility to arrange time off from work or school if necessary. Any reasonable employer or teacher will allow an absence for this potentially lifesaving training, but will expect you to arrange it well in advance.

DAY 1, EVENING CLASSROOM

7:00 - 7:30 Check-in, downtown fire hall classroom (across from the Federal building, enter the back side from the parking lot, front door locked at night)
7:30 - 7:55 INTRODUCTIONS AND VIDEO (25 minutes)
7:55 - 8:30 OVERVIEW (30 minutes), break
8:30 - 9:15 RESCUE (40 minutes), break
9:15 - 9:45 TERRAIN (30 minutes)
9:45 - 9:55 Announcements

DAY 2, MORNING CLASSROOM

Meet 8am Eaglecrest day lodge loft, upstairs from food service area.
8:00 - 8:10 Announcements
8:10 - 8:55 SNOWPACK I & WEATHER - How Avalanches Release - Snow Mechanics, & Weather (45 minutes), prepare for field session

DAY 2, FIELD SESSION

Climb to Rescue Meadow, arrive about 11am.
RESCUE I: key principles, beacons, probes, probing test, timed searches, lunch (2.5 hours)
RESCUE II: scenarios (2 hours)
Descent at about 3:00 (1 hour, timing depends on darkness, short days make headlamps mandatory)

DAY 2, EVENING CLASSROOM

RESCUE WRAPUP & SNOWPACK II HOW SNOW CHANGES, Metamorphism & Snow Processes (60 min; nominally 4 to 5pm) - Eaglecrest day lodge
DINNER BREAK (5pm, 30 min) - dinner at day lodge by preorder
5:30 - 5:55 DR. SCIENCE (tilt board, 25 minutes)
6:00 - 6:45 SNOWPACK III STABILITY EVALUATION & NOTETAKING, The Roadmap & Notes (45 minutes); break
6:55 - 7:40 HUMAN FACTOR I: RISK MANAGEMENT - ROUTEFINDING, EVALUATION OF CONSEQUENCES, & TRAVEL PROCEDURES (45 min)
7:40 - 7:50 Announcements

DAY 3, MORNING CLASSROOM

Meet 8am Eaglecrest day lodge loft, upstairs from food service area.
8:00 - 8:10 Announcements
8:10 - 8:55 HUMAN FACTOR II - DECISIONMAKING (45 min)

DAY 3, FIELD SESSION

Climb to field area, arrive about 11:30am.
STABILITY EVALUATION I: instructional pit, lunch (2 hrs)
STABILITY EVALUATION II: travel, practical application of techniques, observation (1.5 hours), note taking for classroom session on snowpit profiles.
Descent as a group at about 3pm.

DAY3, EVENING CLASSROOM

GROUP FIELD OBSERVATIONS FORMS, SNOWPIT/FRACTURE PROFILES (45 min, nominally 4 to 5pm) - Eaglecrest day lodge
DINNER BREAK (5pm, 30 min) - dinner at day lodge by preorder
5:30 - 6:30 CASE HISTORIES - learning from others' experience (60min), break
6:40 - 7:25 PRACTICAL EXERCISES (45 min)
7:25 - 7:45 Announcements

DAY 4, FIELD SESSION

Meet 8am lower Eaglecrest parking lot near lodge, inside E lodge doorway if nasty.
Climb to field area, arrive about 10:30am.
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: group exercise in routefinding, stability evaluation, and decisionmaking, notetaking (4+ hours). Descent as a group at about 2pm, continue routefinding exercises on descent.

DAY4, EVENING CLASSROOM

PRACTICAL EXERCISES, WRAPUP, & EVALUATIONS (45 min, nominally 4 to 5pm) - Eaglecrest day lodge.