The Reference Group

Manuel Genswein – The leading expert in the world when it comes to companion avalanche rescue.

Marcus Lindahl – Medical doctor.

Keith Durrans – Former meteorologist for the British army.

Erik Huss – Glaciologist, Swedish Museum of Natural History.

Per Ås – Swedish and French UIAGM mountain guide who lives in La Grave. TC for the Swedish Mountain Guide Association (responsible for the education/training of future mountain guides).

Dick Johansson – UIAGM mountain guide. President of the Swedish Mountain Guide Association and member of the training committee. Former member of the Swedish mountain rescue team in northern Sweden. Skied in Chamonix at the end of the seventies but now lives in Kiruna.

Jan Stenström – UIAGM mountain guide and military mountain guide trained in the Austrian army. Responsible for all mountain and rope related activities in the Swedish Army. Vice chairman of the Swedish Mountain Guide Association.

Mark Diggins – UIAGM mountain guide, member of the British Mountain Guides and Swedish Mountain Guide Association. Former TC (responsible for the education/training of future mountain guides) in the British Mountain Guides. One of the founders of the European Avalanche School.

Hans Solmssen – UIAGM mountain guide, member of the Swiss Mountain Guide Association and the American Mountain Guide Association. Lives in Verbier.

Mike Porter – Former head of Vail Ski School. Has skied his entire life. Lives in Vail and works for different companies in the ski industry.

Pierre Rizzardo - UIAGM mountain guide, member of the French Mountain Guide Association, President of Bureau des Guides – La Grave. Member of the training commitee for the Swedish Mountain Guide Association.

Photos from among others world class ski photographers: Myriam Lang-Willar and Jansci Hadik.