SAAC Basic Camp

The SAAC basic camps are 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:

Friday, 26th March 2021 from 16.00 to about 19.00
Tourism Service Center Saalbach Hinterglemm
Glemmtaler Landesstrasse 550
A-5753 Saalbach

Practice:

Saturday, 27th March 2021 from 08.45 to 15.30
Meeting point:  08.45  "Schattberg X-press, Bottom Station

Equipment to bring: ski or snowboarding equipment, backpack, if available: avalanche transceiver, shovel, avalanche probe
 

Further information: www.saac.at

Photo credit: © SAAC / Daniel Hug, Max Dräger