News from Zacs Tracs Avalanche & Snow Safety

Each program is filled with training content and personal stories that build your resilience and confidence.

Avalanche safety is about gathering a mental toolkit full of ideas and skills that you can draw from to make decisions and to deal with situations as they come up.
Avalanche safety is about gathering a mental toolkit full of ideas and skills that you can draw from to make decisions and to deal with situations as they come up. Photo courtesy Zacs Tracs

Zacs Tracs Avalanche Training 2018-19 schedule. 

We have a full load of courses posted again this season in Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C. We've even added a couple of dates in Manitoba: Winnipeg and Brandon. Our partners, Trigger Point, are leading the Golden and Revelstoke programs as well as the Companion Rescue Skills Courses, Managing Avalanche Terrain and AST Level 2.

Avalanche safety is about gathering a mental toolkit full of ideas and skills that you can draw from to make decisions and to deal with situations as they come up. Each program is filled with training content and personal stories that build your resilience and confidence.

Dates and classes: 

AST1 class, $200; Rescue workshop, $50

October 9-10 - Calgary, AB
October 20 - Fort McMurray, AB
October 22-23 - Fort McMurray, AB
October 28th - Okotoks, AB
November 2-3 - Whitecourt, AB
November 4 - St. Albert, AB
November 9-10 - Lloydminster, SK
November 11 - Red Deer
November 18 -  Calgary, AB
November 23-24 - Winnipeg, MB
November 25 - Brandon, MB
November 26-27 - Yorkton, SK
November 30 - December 1 - Regina, SK
December 2 - Saskatoon, SK
December 7-8 - Red Deer, AB
December 9 - Edmonton, AB
January 18-19 - Lethbridge, AB
January 20 - Calgary, AB

Zac's 1.5 class, $90 (4 hour)

November 5 - St. Albert, AB
November 12 - Red Deer, AB
November 19 - Calgary, AB
November 28 - Yorkton, SK
November 29 - Regina, SK

AST1 Class/Field, $345

December 1-2 - Revelstoke, BC
December 7-9 - Golden, BC
December 15-16 - Valemount, BC
January 12-13 - Fernie, BC
February 2-3 - Valemount, BC

Companion Rescue Skills (CRS), $190

December 15 - Revelstoke, BC
January 19 - Golden, BC

Managing Avalanche Terrain (MAT), $190

December 16 - Revelstoke, BC
January 20 - Golden, BC

AST2 Class/Field, 4-day program, $700

January 3-6 - Revelstoke, BC
January 31 - February 3 - Revelstoke, BC

Family discounts and early season credits available. Contact zacstracs.com or phone (403) 850-3042. 

 

 

 

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