This one-day course will allow you to be independent in the search for an avalanche victim, by learning to use your avalanche transceiver, your probe and your shovel. You will be coached by expert mountain guides in rescue in small groups of 4 people!

• Main activity: AVALANCHE COURSE
• Location: NENDAZ
• Duration: 1 DAY
• For whom: ALL

Included in the package

• Lessons with a professional mountain guide in groups of max 4 people / guide
• Coffee & croissant in the morning
• Soup & cheese at noon (without drink)

On demand

• Night at Nendaz at the 4 * 4 Vallées hotel
• Ski equipment rental on site
• DVA set rental

Not included

• Transport, ski lifts, equipment, insurance and everything not specifically mentioned in our offer

Program

First, you will learn how to correctly give the alert in the event of an accident. Then, you will familiarize yourself with the different research phases with your transceiver. This will allow you to quickly locate an avalanche victim. Then you will learn how to use your probe. It may sound simple, but there is a method to follow. And finally the most important part: the release of the person. The use of the shovel requires a special method, otherwise the release of the victim will not be effective. The goal, at the end of this avalanche transceiver course, is to be able to carry out an avalanche rescue.

• 8 a.m. – Meeting at the bar the 4 Vallées hotel for coffee-croissants & brief theory (Parking spaces available under the hotel car park & Direct access to the facilities thanks to the funicular) – Meeting place and time to be confirmed given the latest arrangements due to the pandemic.
• 9 a.m.-11:15 a.m. – Getting started with the transceiver, from wearing the device to searching
• 11:15 a.m.-12: 30 p.m. – Lunch break on the slopes with space reserved for the group
• 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. – Various DVA exercises and use of the probe and the shovel
• 3:30 p.m. – End of the course

Nendaz, in the heart of the 4 Valleys

Nendaz is the ski resort par excellence, in the heart of the 4 Vallées ski area, the largest entirely Swiss ski area! Thus, the little sister of Verbier is full of many black runs and routes. Its highest point, Mont-Fort, located at 3,330 m, will allow you to ski one of the most incredible and long descents in the area, on or off-piste, with more than 1,600 m of vertical drop! It has also become, in recent years, a jewel of freeride, notably with the “Nendaz Freeride”. This event is considered the best competition of the Freeride World Qualifier.

Your mountain guide (or aspirant)

• Our partner for this course and our fixed partner for Valais is the guide office Worldguiding .

Prerequisites

• Have the necessary equipment to spend a day on the snow (DVA set rental on request)