Autonomy and safety courses in splitboarding with an instructor/guide

Who is the "autonomy and safety splitboard course" designed for?

This course is designed for good snowboarders capable of going off-piste in powder snow and sometimes changing snow. It is aimed at people wishing to learn how to assess and manage the risk of avalanches in order to tour, at day time, on his.her own.

Pre-requisite

Off-piste snowboarding
Off-piste snowboarding in all types of snow.
Splitboarding experience
Have completed several splitboarding outings, supervised or not.

What are the objectives of the "autonomy and safety splitboarding course"?

The main objective of the course is to allow you to evolve independently during your first "solo" splitboarding outings. If no one can guarantee absolute safety in the mountains - especially in the face of avalanche danger - it is nevertheless possible to considerably reduce the risk by relying on easy-to-use tools and methods adapted to each and everyone's level.

The main lines

Equip yourself
Splitboarding equipment and the safety triptych (transceiver, shovel, probe).
Make your own track
Master the ascent and descent techniques on skis and snowboard.
Be prepared
The avalanche risk management tools at our disposal.
Choose and manage your outing
Make the right choices at the right time.
Manage an accident
Respond to an accident and organize rescue.

"Autonomy and safety splitboarding course" details

Place

Presset Hut
Beaufortain Massif - Savoie

Duration

3 or 4 days
3 days and 2 nights at Presset mountain hut
4 days and 3 nights at Presset mountain hut

Program

Splitboarding and risk management
At the hut: training in avalanche risk management tools and methods.
On the ground: use of tools and methods to evolve safely during a splitboarding day.
stage autonomie en ski de randonnée
Review of the day's outing and preparation for the next day's outing at Presset hut

Courses dates 2023/2024

March

3 days

3 days and 2 nights in the refuge
22-23-24 March 2024
0 places available
from 530 €/pers
3 days and 2 nights in the refuge
25-26-27 March 2024
6 places available
from 530 €/pers
3 days and 2 nights in the refuge
28-29-30 March 2024
6 places available
from 530 €/pers

April

3 days

3 days and 2 night in the refuge
01-02-03 April 2024
6 places available
from 530 €/pers
3 days and 2 night in the refuge
04-05-06 April 2024
6 places available
from 530 €/pers
3 days and 2 night in the refuge
09-10-11 April 2024
6 places available
from 530 €/pers
3 days and 2 night in the refuge
12-13-14 April 2024
6 places available
from 530 €/pers

Snowboard Instructors - Mountain Guides

"Towards your first solo outings in splitboarding."

You would like to register for one or more of our courses? Contact us via the contact form and let us know which courses and dates you are interested in.

Prices

Course open to other participants

3 days
530 € if you are 4 to 6
680 € if you are 3
920 € if you are 2
(price per personne)
4 days
710 € if you are 4 to 6
890 € if you are 3
1210 € if you are 2
(price per personne)

Price = supervision + half-board at the refuge and picnic; to be paid separately.

For you and your own group

3 days
470 € if you are 5 or 6
515 € if you are 4
680 € if you are 3
920 € if you are 2
(price per personne)
4 days
610 € if you are 5 or 6
670 € if you are 4
890 € if you are 3
1210 € if you are 2
(price per personne)

Price = supervision + half-board at the refuge and picnic; to be paid separately.

The price includes

> Supervision by a snowboard instructor or a mountain guide.

> Loan of safety equipment (transceiver, shovel, probe).

> Avalanche risk management courses.

Refuge

> The half-board at the refuge.

Picnics on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th* day.

* For 4-day courses only.

The price does not includes

>The first day's picnic.

> Drinks.

> Insurance.

> Transportation.

> Individual material.

> Anything not listed in "The price includes".