Welcome to
Montagna Amica e Sicura
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MontagnAmica e Sicura is an ambitious project organised by the Mountain Rescue and Mountain Guides divisions of the Club Alpino Italiano (CAI) in collaboration with all the associations involved in training and/or the prevention of accidents in the mountains.
On the snow: first level information pdf
Do you want to go ski touring?
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Adequate training is essential to practice this sport: find out more from your local mountain guides or CAI ski touring schools.
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Start reading the snow and weather bulletins at least 3/4 days before your trip trip and choose the safest route. If you are not sure how to interpret them, ask an expert to help you. If the bulletin indicates a grade 2 or 3 avalanche risk, take great care; if the risk rises to grade 4 or 5, cancel your trip.
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Organise your trip beforehand,assess the technical difficulties and get informationinformation from the local mountain guides office.
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Although never advisable, if you ski on your own, let someone know where you are going.
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Choose your companions carefully, assess their experience and fitness.
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Prepare your backpack appropriately, always take a shovel, probe, compass, map and altimeter. From the moment you put your skis on, wear an avalanche transceiver in the transmitting position. It is advisable to wear a helmet when skiing downhill.
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Assess the angle of the slope using your poles,
at more than 25° (half the length of the pole) there is a risk of avalanches.
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Always set out very early and bear in mind that:
• your behaviour,
• fresh snow,
• wind,
• slope angle,
• rapid heating,
can all contribute to triggering an avalanche.
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If an avalanche accident occurs:
• you have 18 minutes to effectively rescue the avalanche victim;
• you must call 118
• at the same time, implement the emergency rescue procedure with which you should be familiar.
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The rescuer must principally: • mark the place where the victim disappeared;
• turn the transceiver to the receive position, assemble the shovel and probe and start searching;
• when you have identified the avalanche victim, mark the point with the probe;
• start digging about a metre downhill from the probe at the side;
• when you reach the body, use your hands to free the head and chest first and make sure the respiratory cavities are not blocked;
• protect the body of the avalanche victim from the cold.

Project made possible by:
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CREDITS: GRUPPO IXELLE