Kathy Alexander, Santiam Pass Ski Patrol

Corey Meador from the Pro Division here. I patrol, and I'm the Risk & Safety Coordinator for Crystal Mountain

Keith Schultz - Mount Spokane Ski Patrol

Welcome!!! Please enter your patrol/region and if you are not from PNWD let us know…..

Shirley Cummings Hyak

Welcome @Cmeador. Corey!!

Robert Hutchins, Bluewood Ski Patrol Director, Dayton WA.

Al Klascius. Mt Bachelor NSP

Ted Stensland, Mt Bachelor NSP

2 weeks ago at Santiam Pass

Kym Lavell, Mt. Bachelor NSP

https://store.nsp.org/avalanche-education/

Alan Hanson, Mt Bachelor NSP

When was the last time you performed a companion rescue simulation?

Crystal Mountain uses AirFlare...not for avalanches so much, but for missing/separated persons

Cell signal emulator is what the device is.

Lookout Pass uses Airflare

Air Flare has 1/2 mile range

Mt Spokane - Medic 52

Medic 52 at Mt Spokane Joseph

The only complaint I've heard about Airflare is that some people have trouble installing its app.

Brundage uses Air Flare. They have sings posted on the maps asking guests to sign up.

Signs posted on maps

https://beaconreviews.com/testing_your_beacon.php

https://avalanche.org/avalanche-accidents/https://avalanchenearmiss.orghttps://nwac.ushttps://www.coavalanche.orghttps://www.idahopanhandleavalanche.orghttps://www.idahopanhandleavalanche.org

Any patrol THIS SEASON did an active practice of tree well with their patrollers? Holler in chat. If not when was the last time??

Mt. Ashland - Preseason avalanche rescue refresher, in season avalanche rescue drill, regular training on transceivers using our BCA transceiver park, yes to tree well rescue (annually).

Brundage - Never Known to do tree well drills

Never...but a great idea...could do it this season

Lookout Pass did a small treewell exercise Jan 2021

BCA has a wealth of high quality educational videos. I consider it the one stop shop for all avalanche education videos.

Can use a full body manikin with ski clothes on as a dummy for the practice

Tree Well and Deep Snow - https://www.nsaa.org/NSAA/Safety/Tree_Well_Deep_Snow_Safety/NSAA/Safety/Tree_Well_Deep_Snow_Safety.aspx?hkey=a51384bb-5400-460c-85e6-6fe23bc14ff4 & https://www.deepsnowsafety.org/

Brundage Beacon park encourage weekly use

Who wears a transceiver every day as part of the uniform? Do you do a group transceiver check? How often? Who manages your patrol’s transceivers? Do you update the firmware?

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/601d859f6690083c71ae8ca2/t/60b7951c65d7df4bcf7df0dd/1622643997033/333-Protocol-Worksheet.pdf

https://www.responderalliance.com/333-protocol

http://training.mra.org/course/index.php?categoryid=1

The MRA has a recorded conversation on psychological first aid. See the above link.

Several links that go into the PFA more in depth…. Please refer to the PNWD Website as a stepping point for information. https://www.nsp-pnwd.org/safetyculture4all--series.html

At Mt Spokane & 49 N we are experiencing the same hard and very firm snow conditions. We engaged the ski school and lift operations to keep students and people off the treacherous frozen runs. It’s comes from the area managers and ski patrol directors. Staying under control in these conditions are real risk and challenge. We too have had serious head injuries. Joseph

All Patrollers at Ski Bowl and Mt Hood Meadows wear a beacon and carry probes and shovels when patrolling.

Do ski areas call the present conditions Icy? or do they use some less obvious terminology?

Red yellow Green Day’s!

Useful in debriefed too.

Please raise your hand or type away of questions, thoughts if you want to…

We pre sweep as many runs as possible in the mornings. If the patroller or mountain operators decide the run are too firm and icy, we recommend the run stay closed until it improves.

thanks mister eric. ted and al for sharing. Giant hugs

Thanks Kacy and Brad

Great discussion, thanks to both presenters!

Thanks for your time. Have a great night.

Thanks, so much!

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