Field trip: Avalanche Terrain Avoidance
ATA Field Day December 17 – ATA Field Day at Jones Pass Road
Contacts
Brad Cotten
Primary Leader
- Sat, Dec 17, 2022
- Denver
- Avalanche Education, Snowshoeing
- Basic
- Adults
- Easy
- Easy
- Mileage: 3.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 800 ft
- 13 (26 capacity)
- FULL (4 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Meet at AMC Golden, CO at 12:00 p.m.
If you have registered for and completed the online seminar, you may sign up for a field day to complete your ATA course and earn you badge.
This completes the learning taking the online components and applying them in the field.
The field exercise allows students to use slope meters to determine potential avalanche-prone terrain and non-prone avalanche terrain as well as to determine route findings. These techniques can be taught with or without snow conditions.
Badges
students will earn:
Avalanche Terrain Avoidance Course
Roster
Required Equipment
Required Equipment
Ten Essentials
Snow Shoes
Layering for winter weather at elevation.
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