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Tour to include practical avalanche
transceiver training sessions on beaches
Safety should be at the top of all skiers
and snowboarder’s
agenda, so once again the Ski Club is
teaming up with Henrys Avalanche Talk
(HAT) and premier snowsports retailer
Snow+Rock to run the 'UK Off Piste and
Avalanche Awareness Tour 2009' sponsored
by Arc’tyrex.
As ski innovations continue to make off
piste even more accessible, more and
more skiers and boarders are searching
for that next adrenalin rush and the
need for education and awareness about
off piste safety is paramount. The Ski
Club and Snow+Rock have always been at
the forefront of promoting mountain
safety and teaming up with HAT means
that they can bring a series of high
quality off piste safety talks and
practical transceiver training sessions
to skiers and snowboarders across the
UK.
“With safety and snowsports continuing
to hit the headlines, people are
realising how important it is to be
aware of how to stay safe in the
mountains,” said Caroline Stuart Taylor,
Chief Executive of the Ski Club. “By
running a series of off piste and
avalanche awareness talks with our
partners HAT, Snow+Rock and Arc’tyrex,
we hope that people can learn the basics
of mountain safety before they go away
and have a level of understanding which
will help them have fun on their
holiday, including when they head off
piste.”
The Tour will be in held in six
Snow+Rock stores across Britain, and the
HAT team will be delivering a top class
audio visual talk looking at how to have
fun off piste whilst staying safe.
There will also be three practical
avalanche transceiver training sessions
that focus on search and rescue for off
piste groups. These will take place on
UK beaches during November, including
Sandbanks in Dorset, Hayling
Island, Hampshire and Formby,
Merseyside.
The dates of the UK Off-piste and
Avalanche Awareness Tour are as follows:
Tues 3rd November – Covent Garden
Snow+Rock, 7pm
Weds 4th November – Gateshead Snow+Rock,
7pm
Thurs 5th November – Chill Factore
Snow+Rock, 7pm
Saturday 7th November - Sandbanks Beach,
Poole, Dorset, 11am-1.30pm
Tues 10th November – Chertsey/M25
Snow+Rock, 7pm
Weds 11th November – Kensington
Snow+Rock, 7pm
Thurs 12th November – Bristol Snow+Rock,
7pm
Saturday 14th November - Hayling Island,
Hampshire 11am-1.30p
Saturday 21st November - Formby,
Liverpool, Merseyside 11am-1.30pm
Tickets can be purchased from the Ski
Club website and cost £7 for the Talks
(or £6 for Ski Club members) and £35 for
the avalanche transceiver sessions (per
person):
www.skiclub.co.uk
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For more information contact:
Betony Garner -
betony.garner@skiclub.co.uk / 020
8410 2018/ 07740 642 262
Notes to editors:
The Ski Club and HAT’s off piste
tips:
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Know where the unsecured areas begin
in your resort
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Read the daily avalanche bulletin
and know what the ratings mean
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Go one at a time in areas exposed to
slopes of 25° or more
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Know what is above you, below you
and how to decide where to go up or
down
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Stop at ‘islands of safety’
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Have the right safety equipment and
know how to get your friend out in
15 minutes or less
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If buried make an air pocket in
front of your mouth (so it is
advisable to take pole straps off
while riding)
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Attend an avalanche talk and take a
course
The Ski Club of Great Britain
The Ski Club of Great Britain is a
not-for-profit organisation aimed at
making snowsports cheaper and more
accessible and is open to all skiers and
snowboarders. The Ski Club currently has
34,000 existing members and host over
million unique visitors a year on their
website
www.skiclub.co.uk.
Members benefit from a wide range of
services, including discounts, the
unique ski ‘repping’ service in 35
resorts in Europe and North America,
specialist skiing with other members on
the Ski Club’s Ski Freshtracks holidays
and extensive information through the
UK’s leading snowsports magazine
Ski+board and a dedicated information
team.
To join the Ski Club costs £20 for under
24s, £55 for individuals and £85 for
families. The easiest way to join is
online at
www.skiclub.co.uk
HAT
Henry’s Avalanche Talk (HAT) is a
team of professionals committed to
sharing their passion and providing
insight on how to have fun and be safe
while riding off-piste. HAT helps people
who want to learn how to safely enjoy
the freedom of the whole mountain. The
HAT team does this via a wide range of
services, from multi-media avalanche
awareness talks and on-snow training to
free email information and more on
www.henrysavalanchetalk.com and
their blog
www.getoffpiste.com
Snow+Rock
Snow+Rock opened its first shop in
London’s Kensington High Street in 1982.
Since then, it has expanded throughout
the UK and Ireland, and now has 19
stores (including Dublin), along with a
nationwide mail order service (0845 100
1000) and 24 hour internet shopping via
its award winning website
www.snowandrock.com
Arc’tyrex
Based in Vancouver, our central
purpose at Arc'teryx is to build the
finest products possible.
The Arc'teryx advantage is
achieved by merging our unrivalled
designs with the best quality, highest
performing materials and assembling them
in the most innovative and durable
manner for the intended use.
www.arcteryx.com
DESIGN: Every Arc'teryx product is
engineered to meet the needs of the most
demanding athlete. Activity-specific
patterning ensures complete freedom of
movement, and each product is critically
scrutinized and detailed for the
intended activity.
MATERIALS: Arc'teryx works closely with
textile manufacturers to select and aid
the development of the highest
performing and most durable materials
available in order to maximize the
performance properties of our products.
CONSTRUCTION: Arc'teryx is the only
major outdoor clothing manufacturer to
have its own manufacturing facilities.
This allows us to readily develop
proprietary manufacturing processes,
enabling us to efficiently create
superior features that other
manufacturers simply cannot build.
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