Online Avalanche Course

A great place to get started with avalanche skills and see what your avalanche course is about is to try the Canadian Avalanche Centers "On Line Course".

At: http://old.avalanche.ca/cac/training/online-course

This course has great photos, is very comprehensive and will introduce the basics of recreational avalanche safety including:
- Avalanche formation
- Avalanche terrain
- Pre trip planning
- Reducing the risk in the field
- Rescue
- Avalanche incident reporting