Don t forget, the Mount Bachelor Super Shuttle is running full time. You can call the mountain to check on the schedule. The Special Olympics World Winter Games will be held in Anchorage, Alaska this year from March 4 11. Be avalanche aware Now that the holidays are over, it is time to put on your snow thinking cap. How better to smarten up than enroll in one of Gary Brill's Avalanche Safety courses.
Several series remain.
Gary Brill has taught avalanche safety to more than 1,800 students over the course of 15 years. The course is designed to familiarize the backcountry user with techniques for safe travel in avalanche terrain. The lectures cover terrain and route finding, weather and physical processes acting on the snowpack. The one day of field work stresses the proper use of avalanche transceivers in rescue scenarios. Brill uses transceivers by Ortovox and Tracker.