The course will cover a broad range of hard and soft leadership skills with the focus on the following:
• Planning and management of ski touring trips on non-glaciated terrain
• Avalanche terrain evaluation
• Snowpack and stability evaluation and tests
• Use of bulletins, forecasts, the ATES scale, the Avaluator 2 and a formal process in decision making
• Route finding, track setting and decision making in avalanche terrain
• Navigation using terrain, map, compass and GPS
• Route planning, route cards and route selection
• Risk theory, group dynamics, group management
• Emergency situation management including avalanche rescue
For 2022, along with the TNF Winter 1.0 Standard Leadership Program, we will also be running the TNF Winter 2.0 Advancing Excellence Leadership Program for the second time ever! This course is designed for those who have already taken TNF Winter 1.0 Standard course and are looking to go to the next level and mentor their Section's own aspiring leaders. 10 spots will be available for the TNF Winter 1.0 Standard Leadership Program and 5 spots will be available for those selected for the TNF Winter 2.0 Advancing Excellence Leadership Program. For more details, contact the ACC Adventures Coordinator, Emma, at
[email protected]