SAAC basic camp

The SAAC basic camp is a two-day-course of basic knowledge about avalanches and the risks off-piste. In these two days the SAAC guides - all of them certified - inform about the dangers and how to behave in the backcountry.

The SAAC basic camps starts with a 3-hour-theoretical part on the first day. On the second day the participants divide into small groups of ten people with a guide for each group and go out into the backcountry.

Theory:
Saturday, 25th January 2020 from 16.00 to about 19.00
Tourism Service Center Saalbach Hinterglemm
Glemmtaler Landesstrasse 550
A-5753 Saalbach

Practice:
Sunday, 26th January 2020 from 08:45 to 15.30
Meeting point:  08:45  "Schattberg X-press, Bottom Station

Equipment to bring: ski or snowboarding equipment, backpack
Furthermore: avalanche transceiver, shovel, avalanche probe (but can also be borrowed on site free of charge)

Further information: www.saac.at