April Avalanche Rescue Management Training

For the first of KISAR’s April trainings, Blaine Smith provided a morning lecture on avalanche accident rescue management followed by a day on Pyramid Mtn demonstrating avy accident response techniques. We also practiced safe mountain snow travel strategies plus crampon and ice ax use. Blaine has over 30 years experience guiding alpine climbs throughout Alaska and overseas and is an instructor at the Alaska Avalanche School. He has also worked as an avalanche forecaster in Alaska and on the mountain west coast of the US. His extensive professional and personal experience guiding mountain expeditions and studying snow science makes him an invaluable resource for KISAR.

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Kodiak Island Search & Rescue (KISAR) is a non-profit organization whose objectives are exclusively charitable, scientific or educational. Specifically, our purposes are: To furnish highly trained volunteers and dog teams for search and rescue for the benefit and welfare of the community To organize and support the continuing education and training of volunteers, dog teams and support personnel in accepted search and rescue methods. To increase public awareness of search and rescue trained volunteers and dog teams and provide informational and educational programs and demonstrations to institutions, agencies and community organizations.

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