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Friday, January 12, 2018

Learning About Avalanches & Outdoor First Aid

The Great Outdoors Track students learned about how to assess avalanche danger by reading the snow, and how to find victims of avalanches using probes and beacons. 

Probing for victims:




Reading the snow:




Creating a human burrito. Specifically, learning back-country first aid for winter: Eli gets hypo wrapped.






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