[quote=Eire;394170]Ski schools don't do avalanche training. It needs to be done by mountain guides.
Check out
Eiselin Sport or
Rock and Powder, I've done courses with both of them in the past. Most of the mountain guides offices in the major resorts will offer avalanche courses too.
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I take it that you can always get a guide at the schools to take you round the local terrain off piste though? I've never done that, but it would seem to make a lot of sense too to work out the best paths/routes.
I see from
Rock and Powder, the cost is CHF 115 for the day:
http://www.rockandpowder.ch/Lawinenk...winenkurs.html http://www.rockandpowder.ch/Lawinenkurs/Detailinfos.pdf
I can't see where it is held. Do you contact them and then arrange a meeting place like a resort?
Also, do you always spend time using the formulas above etc calculating where you are going? Is that part of the training?