Don't miss Henry's Avalanche Talk this winter

Henry’s Avalanche Talk (HAT) are 1½ hour presentations on off-piste safety, suitable for anyone who *ever* rides off-piste. Held in a comfortable après ski setting with videos showing the power of sliding show, the HAT team educates skiers and boarders on the best practice for staying safe off-piste and the causes and potential consequences of miscalculated risk-taking.


 
 
HAT was started by Henry Schniewind in 2001 who studied Avalanche Forecasting and Avalanche Control at Montana State University and has given avalanche-safety talks in Val d’Isère since the late 1980s. Now sponsored by ANENA, Ortovox and Recco, Henry’s Avalanche Talk aim to promote “responsible riding” in ski resorts in the Alps by making skiers and snowboarders more aware on the mountain and by understanding the right and wrong behaviours for off-piste safety and survival. The importance of avalanche awareness and precautions hit home once you watch the video of a relatively gentle convex slope cracking and collapsing.

The weekly HAT e-zine on the HAT website offers free HAT tips on skiing and boarding off piste, with weekly snow reports, a translation of the official safety bulletin and detailed weather forecasts for freeriders and off piste skiers.

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Henry's Avalanche Talk Winter 2007/08

Micro Brasserie de Chamonix (MBC), Chamonix
6pm-7.30pm every Sunday from Sunday 16th December 2008
Tickets cost 10 Euros
Print and show this page to qualify for a 20% (2 Euros) discount in December, January & February
 
Scotts Bar, Méribel
6pm-7.30pm every Monday from Monday 7th January 2008
Tickets cost 10 Euros
Freeride are offering 10% discounts on avalanche safety gear to all HAT attendees
Print and show this page to qualify for a 20% (2 Euros) discount in December, January & February
 
Dicks T Bar, Val d’Isère
6pm-7.30pm every Tuesday (regular talk) and Thursday (in-depth talk) Tuesday 8th January 2008
Tickets cost 10 Euros
Print and show this page to qualify for a 20% (2 Euros) discount in December, January & February

FURTHER TICKET & BOOKING INFO:
Buy advance tickets (credit card or BACS) in the UK, £5 each by emailing hat@skioffpiste.co.uk or phoning 020 8144 5202. Ideal for a group itinerary (special rates available for groups).
One accompanied child (under-16) goes free per (paying) adult.
There are meal and bar deals at all HAT venues for HAT attendees

The 20% discount off the ticket price for ultimate-ski users in December, January & February is available on the door only on production of a copy of this webpage.

And if you can’t make it out to one of these Alpine resorts, there’s a HENRY’S AVALANCHE TALK in LONDON on Sunday 13th January 2008 at GJ’s Restaurant and Bar, 89 Garrett Lane, Wandsworth, SW18 4DW. The regular HAT talk is at 1pm and an in depth/ more technical talk is at 3pm.
Call 0870 850 8892 or email carlyle@prohab.co.uk to book in for HAT London:
Tickets cost £10 for one talk or £15 for both.

'Ride Hard! Ride Safe!'

For any immediate information or advice regarding avalanches or snow safety, go to www.henrysavalanchetalk.com, email Henry Schniewind at HAT@skioffpiste.co.uk or call +44 (0)7757 260415 or +33 (0)6 82 334968

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