Ski & Board AST 1 - Kicking Horse, Golden, BC

Please choose your AST 1 Field Day date at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort.  Your AST 1 class session is online, and you can complete it at your own pace as long as it's finished before your AST 1 field day.

This is the course where you’ll learn how to recognize avalanche terrain and how to self rescue.  Everyone in your riding group should take an AST 1 if you are venturing into the backcountry so you can call be an asset, not a liability.  Recognize that an AST 1 course is only the beginning - the avalanche pros will tell you avalanche training is a life long process.

All AST participants need to read and understand the waiver and release of liability before making a booking.  READ THE WAIVER

What you will learn in an AST 1:

• avalanche formation and release
• identify avalanche terrain
• the basics of trip planning
• optimal use of tools and resources like the avalanche forecasts to mitigate your avalanche risk
• use appropriate travel techniques in avalanche terrain
• intro to companion rescue