TRAINING

Welcome to a new section of our reviews. Here, we'll look at training and educational courses of interest to travelers in the backcountry. Throughout the site, we extol the virtues of first aid and avalanche skills training (AST) —read on and you'll learn our impressions of courses in which we've taken part. Watch this section as it grows with the more courses we take. It's really important to be smart on snow. Take a Canadian Avalanche Centre-approved avalanche training course this season and play it safe(r).

SUMMIT MOUNTAIN GUIDES AST2 COURSE
Date: Mar 12th 2014
Reviewer: Andrew
Overall Rating: 9/10
Product Link: Summit Mountain Guides

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SUMMIT MOUNTAIN GUIDES AST1 COURSE
Date: Jan 9th 2013
Reviewer: Andrew
Overall Rating: 9/10
Product Link: Summit Mountain Guides

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