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Pinecrest Nordic Ski Patrol is a training center for local and NSP educational programs. We have a broad instructor base that is qualified to instruct in many winter emergency care and safety programs. The following courses and programs are offered by the patrol. The dates can be found on our events page.
The Winter Backcountry Awareness Seminar will provide you with some basic information to travel in the winter backcountry. It will help prepare you with some basic awareness and knowledge to enjoy travel in the ever changing harsh winter mountain environment and backcountry areas. Winter Adventures info.. This course provides students with basic knowledge and skills to travel and work in reasonable comfort and safety in an outdoor environment. Field practice includes basic navigation, travel, and survival, and an introduction to search and rescue. This course does not include an overnight campout. Prerequisite: None Time commitment: Adequate classroom instruction to prepare students for a field session. There is no overnight campout included in this course curriculum. Fees: See course website. Credential: NSP Certificate of Achievement Continuing education recommendation: Attend local on-the-hill/trail refresher, audit/retake course, or attend continuing education seminars offered by MTR instructors. Instructor of record: NSP Mountain Travel and Rescue instructor Required text: Mountain Travel and Rescue (#509) Note: Mountain Travel and Rescue Fundamentals and Mountain Travel and Rescue 1 are parallel rather than sequential courses. Students may select one or the other course, depending on area needs and requirements. This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to travel and work in reasonable safety and comfort in the outdoor environment and to be an asset to a search and/or rescue team, including possible overnight operations. Field practice includes practice in navigation, travel, survival, basic search and/or rescue exercises, and an overnight campout. Prerequisite: None Time commitment: Adequate classroom instruction to prepare students for a field exercise that lasts through one night. Fees: See course website. Credential: NSP Certificate of Achievement Continuing education recommendation: Attend local on-the-hill/trail refresher, audit/retake course, or attend continuing education seminars offered by MTR instructors. Instructor of record: NSP Mountain Travel and Rescue instructor Required text: Mountain Travel and Rescue (#509) Note: Mountain Travel and Rescue Fundamentals and Mountain Travel and Rescue 1 are parallel rather than sequential courses. Students may select one or the other course, depending on area needs and requirements. Note: This course will not be offered this year. This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to complete more difficult field operations and to assist in the coordination of search and/or rescue operations that may extend over several days. Field practice includes advanced navigation skills, extended patient care, and advanced search and rescue situations. Prerequisites: (Note: Mountain and Avalanche Awareness is not a recognized prerequisite.) Time commitment: Fees: See course website. Credential: NSP Certificate of Achievement Continuing education recommendations: Attend local on-the-hill/trail refresher; audit/retake course; or attend continuing education seminars offered by MTR instructors. Instructor of record: NSP Mountain Travel and Rescue instructor Required text: Mountain Travel and Rescue (#509) This course teaches students how terrain, weather, and snowpack contribute to avalanche hazards. This knowledge is used during decision-making exercises in the classroom and in the field session. Students also become acquainted with human factors, which skew effective decision making. The course covers movement through avalanche terrain, route selection/hazard identification, and stability assessments in the field environment. Also focuses heavily on the fundamentals of self, group, and organized rescue. Students complete a written exam and practical evaluation during field exercises. Upon course completion, students are qualified to participate in organized rescue operations. Prerequisites: Excellent physical condition, since the course requires strenuous physical exertion. Students are generally expected to perform in a variety of snow conditions (including deep snow), hike moderate distances, climb moderate to steep slopes, and traverse steep slopes. Time commitment: 10-12 hours classroom and 16-18 hours of field work. Classroom time may vary depending on the amount of preparatory work required. Fees: See course website. Credential: NSP Certificate of Achievement Continuing education recommendations: None Instructor of record: Keith Gale Required texts: Optional texts: The NSP Nordic Program is designed to help patrollers develop and refine the skills and knowledge that ski area management or governing agencies require of patrollers who carry out their patrol duty on nordic equipment. To help instructors train nordic members, the national nordic committee has established several areas of nordic training. The Mother Lode Region Nordic Program has two main goals. The first goal is to assist nordic patrols develop nordic toboggan instructors. The second goal is to assist nordic patrollers become Nordic Senior patrollers by holding Nordic Senior Ski and Toboggan clinics and evaluations. The National Ski Patrol offers many other programs. Official course information can be found at the NSP Education Programs website. For information on courses offered by other patrols in the motherlode region, check out the Mother Lode region programs website. Problems? Contact for technical issues with this website. |
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