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Level 2 Guide (Existing Guide) Training - Stand Up Ski
Sat 24 Jun 2023 08:00 — Sun 25 Jun 2023 16:30

Event information

Registrations for this event are closed.

Take your adaptive snowsport guiding skills to the next level with your Level 2 Adaptive Guide Training.

Your experience level

  • Have successfully completed Level 1 Guide Training
  • Have secondary guided a stand up skier or snowboarder as a secondary guide for 5 days (20 hours) confirmed by trainer or staff
  • Have some or no experience primary guiding a stand up skier
  • Have secondary guided a sit-skier
  • Completed Stand-up equipment and disability quiz (including disability awareness questions) with a 70% minimum score.

You may learn

  • The different ways to guide a stand up skier or snowboarder with disabilities
  • Setting up and adjusting stand up outriggers and other equipment
  • How to use tip clamps, tethers, spacer bars, horizontal poles and other guide assist techniques
  • How to guide a skier with a vision impairment

How to register

  1. Apply for DWA Associate Membership
  2. Click register
  3. Answer all relevant questions
  4. Select either:
    1. Accommodation - if you would like DWA to provide accommodation at Falls Creek
    2. Training only - if you don't need accommodation
  5. Submit registration

What to bring

  • Ski gear
  • Waterproof outerwear
  • Helmet
  • Food and drink (or money to buy them)