Essential training, advice and equipment for off piste skiers
Do you ski off piste?
Would you like to understand the risks and know how to manage them so you can stay safe and have more fun?
We have discovered that if you enter avalanche terrain and do not apply good risk management then it is as risky as base jumping. However if you do apply good risk management, then it is no riskier than driving to the resort.
Watch Henry in this video where he explains the HAT approach to managing the risk and how we can help you to have more fun and stay safe at the same time. As we say.
Safety is Freedom
Here are 5 ways we can help you
Free practical advice
Discover the HAT checklist, get our snow reports, read our free articles, watch our You Tube live broadcasts, follow the HAT blog for the latest insight and advice.
Avalanche talks
Attend our talks to learn how to apply the HAT checklist so you can make going off piste no more risky than driving to the resort. This is an introduction to avalanche awareness
Transceiver training
Join one of our sessions so that if the worst happens, learn how to locate a victim in 5 minutes and dig them out in 15 minutes using the transceiver, shovel and probe.
On snow courses
Experience the off piste and learn how to apply the HAT checklist and risk management on the snow. Spend time with Henry discovering the amazing off piste terrain in Val d’Isere and Tignes.
Online training
Invest time studying our avalanche talks and transceiver training before you go out to the mountains. Use these as a reminder.
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On Monday prior to the snowfall Alain Duclos from data-avalanche.org has highlighted to the professional guide community that there is significant evidence of a weak layer just below the top of the snowpack in many places. Click to read more
https://henrysavalanchetalk.com/high-avalanche-risk-today-and-the-next-few-days/
https://henrysavalanchetalk.com/off-piste-snow-report-n-french-alps-24th-jan-2020/
https://henrysavalanchetalk.com/safety-is-freedom-coming-to-grenoble-france-on-jan-27th/
Off-piste snow report, N French Alps, 14th Feb 2020 https://t.co/w36rdKALVq https://t.co/aOaw1WqQIS
Off-piste snow report, N French Alps, 7th Feb 2020 https://t.co/WawHaEroMD https://t.co/MncS9BBH0t
Off-piste snow report, N French Alps, 31st Jan 2020 https://t.co/DIwHt0ouN8 https://t.co/EUmgVw4IuS
The avalanche bulletin for today is really quite blunt and simple. All aspects of all slopes have a high risk of avalanche due to the volume of fresh snow that has fallen and is still falling, plus there is a weak layer.
https://t.co/CnBSOrOgyX
Some more of our blog posts
Off-piste snow report, N French Alps, 14th Feb 2020
This week began with two days of howling wind, rain and snow. After more snowfall on Thursday, it looks like being a calm sunny weekend. More snowfall expected Monday, varying between 5 to 40 cm. As February holidays start, it's been another weird weather week,...
Off-piste snow report, N French Alps, 7th Feb 2020
A bizarre three days of weather this week will be followed by a calmer weekend and fresh snowfall at the start of next week In three days we had drenching rain up to 2700m, followed by a very mild grey and flat light day with slushy snow, followed by a very cold day...
Off-piste snow report, N French Alps, 31st Jan 2020
Snowfall on and off in the Northern French Alps next week! We needed more snow and we got it! Winter returned with a vengeance last Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing plenty of fresh snow accompanied by wild north-westerly winds. Read our blog on the snowpack before the...
High avalanche risk today – an update for 30 January
What we said earlier today (Wednesday 29 Jan) still holds true for Thursday 30th January. But be wary, Meteo France have reduced the forecast danger rating from 4 to 3 for Thursday, but this is not really a reduction in risk for skiers. The reason they are reducing...
Off-piste snow report, N French Alps, 24th Jan 2020
Hoping for snowfall in the Northern French Alps at the start of next week! Unfortunately temperatures are becoming mild for the time of season again, but altitudes above 1600 m should benefit from this fresh snow. Around 10-15 cm fresh snow fell last Friday night,...