Cam Winter Travel

Cameron Advanced Mobility and Avalanche 1 Winter Mobility course was designed for the operator as well as support element the ability to navigate and negotiate multiple kinds of remote high altitude winter terrain using multiple means of mobility safely.  Upon completion of the CAM Winter Mobility Course the student will have a strong proficient knowledge in remote winter travel via snowmobile and some basic fundamentals in snow safety.  This course is designed to educate the students in high altitude cross country travel! Students will be operating above 10,000ft in elevation for the duration of the course!

CAM has partnered with Mike Duffy of Avalanche 1 in Colorado. (www.avalanche1.com) Avalanche 1 is the premier avalanche awareness, survival and winter travel organization in the United States.  Avalanche 1 has been teaching winter travel and avalanche awareness for the past 12 years and brings the highest quality training in winter mobility and snow science to the market today. Resumes available upon request.

• Topics covered:
• Avalanche awareness, avoidance and rescue  (4 hours)
• Introduction to avalanche statistics
• Avalanche reports
• Signs of instability, stability analysis
• Equipment
• What to carry and what works best
• Deploying airbags
• Proper beacon usage
• Probes
• Rescue
• Avalanche survival methods
• Effective hasty search
• Mistakes in rescuing
• Group dynamics
• Terrain evaluation/traps/trigger points
• Scenarios
• Single and multiple beacon searches
• Current effective search patterns
• Walk by test
• Working as a team
• Accurate fine searches
• Effective shoveling
• Common mistakes in beacon searches
• Probing
• Finding someone without a beacon
• Effective probing and pinpointing deep burials
• Rescue techniques
• Analyzing avalanches for the most likely burial point
• Coordinated step by step procedures for fast rescues
• Leadership and team work
• Group probing and probe lines
• Common mistakes in rescues
• Rescue scenarios
• Timed group scenarios
• Victim locating without beacons
• Snowpack stability tests
• Outdoor field session covering all bullet points above.
• Snowmobile Training and Riding Techniques
• Proper positioning, foot placement
• Leaning, weight transitioning
• Ascending, descending
• Braking and braking on steep slopes
• Counter steering
• U-turns
• U-turn on inclines
• Side hills
• Side hill to uphill
• Gaining or losing elevation while side hilling
• Downhill u-turns
• Ski placement
• Rough terrain
• Powder turns
• Riding double
• Pulling trailers
• Proper load out of snowmobile and rider:
• Proper packing and lashing of equipment
• Snowmobile Maintenance and Preservation
• Preventative maintenance before heading out (multiple snowmobile models)
• Items to check before riding:
• Gas and oil level
• Spare gas can
• Chain case oil level
• Brake pads and operation
• Throttle operation
• Belt condition
• Coolant level
• Field repairs:
• Belt change
• Blacking out
• Starting without pull start
• Track change
• A-arm repair and replace
• Ski and Skag repair/replace
• Fouling and replacing spark plugs
• Tools:
• Plug wrench
• Hex wrenches (for that machine)
• Wrenches (for that machine)
• Vise grips
• Multi tool
• Duct tape, bailing wire, zip ties
• SnoBungee
• Sled Jack
• Navigation:
• Route selection
• Terrain dependent
• Companion  Rescue Training
• Tools and spares
• Spare fuel
• Additional equipment and or supplies
• Personal gear/radios
• Backpack load out/ease of accessing gear
• Cross Loading of gear in the event of a downed or loss of snowmobileTerrain association

• GPS Navigation