Нeliskiing in Whistler tours - equipment, equipment and safety

by Ivan Q. programmer

Equipment and gear for Нeliskiing in Whistler:

• To take part in the Heli-ski tour you must have with you: a snowboard, bindings, boots (for snowboarders), skiing, boots, bindings, poles (for skiers); clothes intended for skiing in mountain conditions (jacket, pants or overalls), hat, dark glasses with a protective filter or mask. All equipment must be intact, adjusted and adjusted by the participants independently;

• It would be nice to have with you: an avalanche transmitter (beeper), a small backpack, an avalanche shovel, a probe, a helmet and other protection, a first-aid kit, sun protection cream, hygienic lipstick with a protective filter, etc.

• For each participant who does not have their own avalanche sensor (beeper), it is issued by the tour organizer. After the sensor is issued, the participant is solely responsible for its presence when boarding the helicopter: no sensor - no skating;

• The guide has special equipment necessary to ensure safety, namely:

an avalanche sensor capable of operating in the mode of receiving a signal and searching for a sensor that has fallen into the avalanche, an avalanche probe, an avalanche shovel, a first-aid kit for first aid, a walkie-talkie between the guides and the crew serving the helicopter group, and also additional equipment (climbing rope, ice drills , carbines, knife, etc.).

When overcoming the corridors during the descent, it is necessary:

· Try to maintain a rectilinear trajectory of movement down the line of incline;

• If it is necessary to make a traverse, stop at the end of it for 5-10 seconds. and then, in the absence of obvious signs of avalanche pruning, start moving down;

• In case of a fall of the previous participant, stop driving and try to move to the nearest safety point - under the nearest rock in the side spur of the corridor. If necessary, and only by order of the guide, provide assistance to the fallen participant;

• When signaling about the avalanche descent, gain a small speed and go to one of the side spurs of the sidelines, as far away from the central part (avalanche movement zone);

• Remember the possibility of stones and ice falling from the surrounding rocks and try to avoid dangerous areas.

When riding in the forest:

• Each participant must wear eye protection glasses;

• Special attention should be paid to the presence of traces of the guide or any of the participants down the hill. Lack of such may be a sign of loss of the correct skiing route;

• In the absence of visual contact with the group, immediately call for help;

• It is necessary to pay increased attention to speed control - skating between trees, this is not skating “on falling shafts” on a sports track. Collision with a tree can cause serious injury;

• Carefully monitor the topography of the snow cover. Any transverse snow cusps or hollows can be a sign of a fallen tree, a knot, branches. In such places it is necessary to reduce the speed, change the trajectory of movement or make the skis (snowboard) “float” to the surface of the snow;

• In case of small snow cover, it is necessary to reduce the speed as much as possible and use extreme caution.