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If anyone is heading to Chamonix this winter there will be the opportunity to attend free avalanche awareness presentations at the Bighorn Bar and Bistro in Chamonix Sud on the following dates:

Thur 07 Dec 23, 17:30
Thur 14 Dec 23, 17:30
Thur 11 Jan 24, 17:30
Thur 18 Jan 24, 17:30

All presentations are delivered by a UIAGM Guide living in the valley and discuss what causes avalanches, how to avoid them, and what to do if you are caught in one.

These events are FREE, but as space is limited you are asked to book your space using this link: https://tinyurl.com/2s3fmd5u

All the best and stay safe

Just to let you know that we will again be giving a series of free Avalanche Awareness lectures this winter in Chamonix for all backcountry users. They will be on Monday evenings at 6pm at the Bighorn Bistro in Cham Sud. Dates: 9 Dec 19, 16 Dec 19, 6, 13, 20 Jan 2020.

The talks last around an hour, and are delivered by an IFMGA Guide. The presentations aim to highlight some of the main risks, how to minimise danger, and some emergency procedures if it does all go wrong. If you have never had any education on this subject, then get yourself along. If you have, then would there be any harm in having a little refresher ?

If you want to know more, or reserve your free tickets, just go to: https://tinyurl.com/y583taq4

This will be the 8th season running that we've delivered our free lectures and we expect them to be as popular as ever.

Have a fun and safe season

Just to let you know that we will be giving a series of free Avalanche Awareness lectures this winter in Chamonix for all backcountry users. They will be on Monday evenings at 6pm at the Bighorn Bistro in Cham Sud. Dates: 17 Dec 2018, 7, 14, 21 Jan 2019.

The talks last around an hour, and are delivered by an IFMGA Guide. The presentations aim to highlight some of the main risks, how to minimise danger, and some emergency procedures if it does all go wrong.

If you want to know more, or reserve your free tickets, just go to: www.tinyurl.com/qco3ano

Have a great season !

Avalanche Academy are yet again delivering the Arc'teryx Avalanche Awareness Lectures in Chamonix this winter. The talks aim to keep you safer in the off-piste by highlighting the risks and how to avoid them.

Presentations are on Monday evenings at 18:30, with dates as follows: 18 Dec 2017 and 8 Jan, 15 Jan and 22 Jan 2018.

For more info, or to reserve your free places, just go to: http://tiny.cc/ndegoy

Stay safe this winter.

Once again, we will be offering our popular Avalanche Awareness Lectures in Chamonix this winter season (2016-2017) - and even better, they're going to be free again! Arc'teryx will again be supporting the lectures. The lectures aim to teach people the main causes of avalanches, how to avoid being caught, and what to do if you are.

The venue for this season's lectures will be the Bighorn Bar and Bistro in Chamonix Sud. All lectures will be delivered by IFMGA Mountain Guides living full-time in the Chamonix Valley.

Lectures run from 18:00 to 19:00 on the following dates:

Tuesday 6 Dec 2016, Tuesday 13 Dec 2016, Monday 2 Jan 2017, Monday 9 Jan 2017, Monday 16 Jan 2017

Please note that spaces are limited, so you must reserve your places in advance here: http://tiny.cc/xg3dgy

We look forward to meeting you and to sharing our knowledge with you.

Just a quick note to let you know that we will again be offering our free Avalanche Awareness lectures in Chamonix this winter. They are on Monday evenings at La Terrasse bar in the town centre.

The talks cover the causes of avalanches, how to avoid them, and emergency procedures in case you are involved in an accident.

Lecture Dates: 8 Dec, 15 Dec, 22 Dec, 29 Dec, 5 Jan.

This year, in order to try and control numbers, we have introduced a booking system. It's still free, but you just need to log on to the following site, and then select how many tickets you want:

http://t.co/jvou5Ey9UK

It only takes a couple of minutes and we promise not to send you any unsolicited mail.

The first night has already sold out, so if you're going to be in Chamonix book early to avoid disappointment.

Stay safe this winter......

Stuart Macdonald
IFMGA Mountain Guide

It's a wet slide. Hence it is very slippy (keeping things simple here), and will slide on low angles. Hence in hot conditions avalanches will release spontaneously on slopes <30degrees, particularly if the bed surface is smooth (wet grass, rock slab etc)

Grand Montet (Chamonix), Courmayeur and Verbier will all have (limited) opening this weekend, and are all within 2hours of Geneva. Enjoy !