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Using the Beacon Training Park
The Uinta Beacon Training Park is a free and accessible resource that anyone can use to practice their avalanche rescue skills. The beacon training park gives users the ability to efficiently practice with a variety of scenarios, ranging from single burial searches to complex multiple burial searches and probing. Every target is equipped with an accelerometer, so the control box will sound an alarm with each probe strike, confirming each successful search. Here is how to get started if you are using the beacon park for the first time:
System Startup
To turn the system on, use the master switch marked "ON/OFF" on the control panel. The master switch will illuminate red to indicate that the system is on.
The buzzer should beep and all of the LEDs will flash red and green to confirm functionality.
The channel LEDs will then turn off for a few seconds while the control box wakes up the transmitters.
The control box will illuminate the LED for each transmitter as communication is established.
If the LED for a transmitter does not illuminate after several seconds, that transmitter may be out of range, have a depleted battery, or need maintenance.
Searching and Probing
The map gives you an idea of the "avalanche path" that you will be searching in. In general, the lower the number the closer the transmitter is to the control box.
To activate a transmitter, move one of the numbered switches on the control panel to the upward position. Once the corresponding LED turns solid green the transmitter is active and the searching can begin.
Begin your beacon search. When your probe strikes the designated target, the control box will beep and the LED for that transmitter will flash red and green. The transmitter will continue to transmit until turned off at the control panel.
Try a different scenario by switching off the transmitter that you last searched for and then switching on a new transmitter.
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