FEBRUARY WORK

In February I worked a variety of courses from winter skills for Windermere School to winter mountaineering and avalanche avoidance for Glenmore Lodge. 

Inspecting avalanche debris in Coire Laogh Mor

The latter course proved really interesting. I was working with Kevin Rutherford on the two day course developing knowledge and practical skills to improve avalanche awareness and the risk assessment process. We covered  the different types of snow, the effects of weather, forecast analysis, snowpack history, observations on the hill, layers, instabilities, snowpit analysis, safe(r) travel techniques, the use of transceivers, and probe and digging techniques.