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Avalanche
Survival
Wildlife
Plants
Essentials
100
What website do you check for current conditions
What is avalanche.ca
100
Name 1 type of snow shelter
What is igloo, snow cave, quinzhee
100
What to you do if you encounter a grizzly bear feeding on berries and it notices you.
What is remain calm, back away slowly. Don't run. Use bear spray if charges. If contact occurs drop down into emergency position
100
What is Alberta's provincial tree
What is the lodgepole pine
100
What is the best way to purify water at a back country hut in the winter
What is melt snow and boil.
200
What 3 pieces of equipment do you need when traveling in avalanche terrain (as a group).
What is a beacon, probe and shovel.
200
What feature can you never forget when building snow shelter.
What is the air vent
200
What Fish can you not keep in Alberta no matter where you are?
What is the Bull Trout
200
What tree can you use the roots of as rope/thread
What is spruce
200
What material should you never wear hiking
What is cotton
300
What do avalanche paths look like
What are long barren streaks on the mountain side.
300
How can you collect water in winter if you don't have a stove but you do have a garbage bag. (can't eat snow, or access stream)
What is stretch the garbage back over a depression in the snow. Burry the edges, snow will melt and pool in the centre.
300
A relative of the hare
What is the Pika
300
What pine tree has 5 needle
What is the Limber Pine
300
The 5 elements of survival are
What is Attitude, Fire, Shelter, Water, Food
400
If you don't die from injuries, what kills avalanche victims.
What is asphyxiation.
400
Someone has sprained their ankle in the backcountry in winter. What is your main concern.
What is keeping them warm and off the snow.
400
A poisonous spider (not the black widow)
What is the Brown Recluse
400
Name 1 poisonous plant in Alberta
What is larkspur, water hemlock, locoweed, etc.
400
What info should you include on your trip plan (that you leave with someone at home)
What is where I am going, when to expect me back and what to do if I don't come back
500
What are the 5 levels of avalanche danger
What is low, moderate, considerable, high and extreme.
500
How do you build a rabbit/hare snare
What is ...
500
We call them gophers
What is the Richardson Ground Squirrel
500
Where can you find Western Red Cedar
What is BC
500
Who do you call if you need a helicopter in the backcountry of Kananaskis
What is the RCMP or Kananaskis Emergency Services.