[pct-l] Snow Travel Course, Echo Summit

[ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com]

Hi, Kathi and everyone else who has desired this training and experience:

I can teach the course each month between now and Kick Off.
What I need to know is which month you'd like to attend, keeping in mind the 
type of conditions that will be present and what you'd like to learn.

January has lots of powder and often weekend storms. If you want to learn 
how to deal with these and test your gear and food systems, too, then this 
is your month.

February can have the same, but because there is more snow on the ground, 
there is a better chance to study avalanche conditions and understand what 
the snow pack is and how knowing its condition helps for both speed and 
safety in travel.

March is a little warmer, thus the pack can be more consolidated and stable. 
This means less avalanche concerns (maybe) and easier travel-maybe even 
without snowshoes or skis. The warmer temps. also make for more ice and the 
lessons learned about how to travel on it, avoid it, and how to test your 
trust of it.

April is warmer yet, so the pack is becoming safer for avalanches. At this 
time we can almost safely traverse open bowls, glissade, and not worry about 
cornices (as maybe they have already fallen), so we may be able to walk 
anywhere we want and still straight across the big lakes. This is the month 
where the snow will most closely be like what you will see in the High 
Sierra when you get there. However, training for the worst conditions found 
in January will relieve you when the weather turns for the worst in the 
Sierra in June or the North Cascades in October.

Mtnned






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kathi" <pogo at zamika.com>
To: <ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] mountain education & Ned Tibbits


> Hi Mtnned,
> If you are going to be putting together a class this year I would love to 
> be included. I am mostly interested in self-arrest techniques and 
> avalanche awareness but can certainly use any other information you can 
> provide! If you get a class together please email me pogo at zamika.com.
> Thank you,
> Kathi
>
> ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com wrote:
>> Hey, Bill!  Thanks for the referral to Amanda the other day!! I'm not 
>> sure when I can teach a Snow Clinic this season, but if there is enough 
>> interest in snow camping, snow navigation and route-finding, snow safety, 
>> glissading, self-arrest techniques, and avalanche awareness I'll start 
>> putting some dates together. The classes will be in Desolation 
>> Wilderness, hwy. 50, Echo Summit, South Lake Tahoe.
>> Semper Fi, my friend!
>>
>> Mtnned
>>
>>
>>
>> Ned Tibbits, CEO
>> Pacific Crest Custom Builders, Inc
>>     P: 888-996-8333
>>     F: 530-541-1456
>>     C: 530-721-1551
>>     http://www.pacificcrestcustombuilders.com
>>
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