Snow and avalanches update

For ski pros and ski touring experts

The offer is aimed at all those who are regularly and often off-piste and want to bring their knowledge up to date, explicitly also to ski instructors and guides with comparable qualifications. Sepp Hümmer, state-certified army mountain guide and member of the avalanche commission, will teach you in this intensive training the latest findings of analytical and probabilistic risk assessment and also update you on avalanche beacons and first aid for avalanche accidents.

Program and schedule

Avalanche expert
Ortovox test equipment
Course documents
Online Training: Avalanche Update (1 h)

Additional costs:

Lift, snacks

Training content:

Update of current doctrines (mountain guides, ski instructors and avalanche commission) in snow and avalanche science: GKMR (danger, consequences, measures, risk), analytical and probabilistic risk assessment.
Status of digital route planning
Update different block test and snow profiles
Development and assessment of the hazard levels of LLBs.
Update physical relationships in the snowpack and formation of weak layers.
Update avalanche beacon on avalanche field
Update first aid measures after avalanche accidents

The Snow and Avalanche Update is an offer to experts who have experience in snow and avalanche knowledge, in the use of snowcard or reduction method, to all who are regularly off piste and also to those who lead groups.

"A lot has happened in snow and avalanche science. The development is far from complete. In my opinion, it is therefore essential for anyone who is regularly out and about in the snow or leading groups to regularly update their knowledge."

Sepp Hümmer
State-certified army mountain guide
Member of the Avalanche Commission
Member of the VIVALPIN Competence Team