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/
ACCIDENT REDUCTION IN THE COVID ERA ‘The biggest error would be to believe that we don’t make errors’ https://t.co/M6i0cecwRJ
DANGER OF natural wet snow avalanches CURRENTLY in the Alps https://t.co/svPcEbp702 https://t.co/rPEkSr9HN0
Some more of our blog posts
ACCIDENT REDUCTION IN THE COVID ERA ‘The biggest error would be to believe that we don’t make errors’
The Covid-19 problem that confronts us all in this time of uncertainty is a danger we can’t see. It's a danger that seems distant and, apart from the prevention measures imposed on us, it appears unlikely that it will have a direct effect on us. It doesn't really even...
Direct action avalanches
Spring has suddenly turned back to Winter with plenty of snowfall above 1800 m or so in the Alps With all this snow predicted over the next few days (and the resulting avalanche activity that will be occurring as a direct result of the storm) , I thought this would be...
DANGER OF natural wet snow avalanches CURRENTLY in the Alps
Higher overnight temperatures and cloudy skies have accelerated this phenomenon... a danger for those in 'confinement' in the higher altitude Alpine areas. For the significant amount of people still currently living at relatively high altitude (+/- 1800 m) in the...
All skiing in France finished
The impact of Coronavirus has now forced France to close its ski resorts and ban ski touring. The official announcement was only made on Saturday night. Many holiday makers arrived on Saturday, to find their resort closed the next morning. Ski resorts have seen a mass...
Off-piste snow report, N French Alps, 13th – 19th March 2020
Sunny, settled Spring-like conditions for the week ahead in the N French Alps! Macron has closed the schools in France but ski resorts in France remain open. We've had some excellent off-piste skiing over the last week with some great powder snow conditions,...