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snow safety
When you visit us be assured your safety is paramount! All of our
guides have extensive training in emergency care and most are
certified EMTs. Every guide holds at very minimum an avalanche two
card and has received extensive training in mountain safety, glacier
travel, high mountain rescue techniques, and helicopter operations.
Each day guests go through an extensive safety briefing including
the use of Avalanche transceivers and helicopter protocol. These
briefings are for your insurance that you will be comfortable in the
surroundings you are about to embark on. PNH uses only the finest in
safety equipment and we are continuously updating our protocol with
recent advancements in technology.
PNH procedures for avalanche management include collecting weather
data 365 days a year. Daily snow observations come from snow pit
data collected by guides each day and shared through radio
communication while in the mountains. Each day PNH has a pre and
prior ski day meeting for its guide staff to compare notes and
discuss what is happening in the field. It is important for our
documentation to have all information from our guides. Every guide
at PNH has been trained by the foremost experts in the field.
IN SPITE OF OUR BEST EFFORTS, THERE ARE
INHERENT RISKS AND HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH HELI-SKIING THAT ARE
BEYOND OUR CONTROL AND THAT YOU MUST SHARE WITH US. ALL GUESTS WILL
BE REQUIRED TO SIGN A LIABILITY RELEASE FORM AND A GUIDE/CLIENT
AGREEMENT FORM.
Avalanche education and forecasting:
We recommend that you familiarize yourself with avalanche and snow
stability conditions. Please use the following links in order to
begin building your knowledge of winter backcountry information.
Westwide Avalanche Network -
www.avalanche.org
Cyberspace Avalanche Center -
www.csac.org
Canadian Avalanche Association -
www.avalanche.ca |
