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BCA’s original European Beacon Training Park site is at Zinken, Austria, near Salzburg. 
Felix Camire, BCA Tech Rep in Alberta, Canada, shows a beacon training park user how to search for a buried transmitter at the Mt. Norquay training park. 
Will Barrett and Jeff Ferragi of Breckenridge (CO) Ski Patrol set up the BCA Beacon Training Park for the day at the top of Peak 8. Thanks to lots of practice (and the right beacon), Ferragi is four-time winner of the Colorado Beacon Bowl, an annual transceiver competition at nearby Arapahoe Basin. 
BCA Beacon Training Park at Altavaltellina in Bormio, Italy. Photo courtesy of BCA's Italian distributor, Ski Trab srl. 
You're never too young to learn how to use a transceiver. Make sure everyone in your party is familiar with their equipment. Milos Just in the Czech Republic teaches beacon users how to conduct a signal search. Photo courtesy of David Beckovsky/U100. | Backcountry Access Beacon Training Parks | Backcountry Access Beacon Training Parks (BTPs) are training systems created to make it easier for recreationists and pros to practice with their transceivers. It features 4-8 permanently buried transmitters wired to a central control panel. To change the scenario, just flick the on/off switches on the control panel. Instead of digging holes and reburying beacons all day, you spend your valuable time actually practicing with your transceiver.  See the list below to find a Beacon Training Park near you. |  Forecaster Eric Knoff checks out the control panel of the BCA Beacon Training Park in West Yellowstone, Montana.
Photo courtesy of GNFAC. | 2010/2011 Beacon Training Park locations: | California - Heavenly
- Kirkwood
- Mammoth
- Mt. Shasta
- Squaw Valley
Colorado: - Arapahoe Basin
- Aspen Highlands
- Beaver Creek
- Breckenridge
- Loveland Basin
- Monarch Mountain
- Purgatory/Durango
- Steamboat Resort
- Telluride
- Vail
- Winter Park
Idaho - Bogus Basin
- Brundage Mountain Snowcat Tours
Montana - Big Mountain
- Bridger Bowl
- Moonlight Basin/Big Sky
- Trail Head/Missoula
- West Yellowstone
Oregon Utah - Manti Skyline at Big Drift Trailhead
- Noblett's Trailhead/Uintah Mountains
Washington - Alpental
- Alpine Safety Awareness Program
- Mt. Baker Ski Area
- Crystal Mountain
- Mission Ridge
- The Mountaineers/Snoqualmie Pass
- Stevens Pass Ski Area
- White Pass Ski Area
Wyoming - Jackson Hole
- Teton Pass
- Togwotee Pass
| Canada - Kananaskis Country, AB
- Marmot Basin, AB
- Mount Norquay, AB
- Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School, AB
- Sunshine Village, AB
- Blackcomb, BC
- Fernie, BC
- Golden (Quartz Creek), BC
- Kicking Horse, BC
- Kokanee Glacier Lodge, BC
- Mount Carlyle Lodge, BC
- Red Mountain, BC
- Rogers Pass, BC
- Sol Mountain Lodge, BC
- Whistler, BC
- Whitewater Ski Resort, BC
- Centre d'avalanche de la Haute-Gaspesie, Chic Chocs
Austria - Grund Bichlalm, St. Kolomann
- Hof Mountain Rescue Team
- Laterns Mountain Rescue Team, Vorarlberg
- Montafon Mountain Rescue Team
- Naturfreundehaus, Kolm Saigurn
- Offpiste Adventures, Zell am See
- Seegrube Austrian Alpine Club, Innsbruck
- Seegrube Mountain Guides, Innsbruck
- St. Anton Mountain Rescue Team
- Werfenweng Mountain Rescue Team, Werfenweng
- Zinken Mountain Rescue Team, Bad Durrnberg
France - Les Grands Montets, Chamonix Valley
- Col de Porte (near Grenoble)
- Pelvoux
Finland - Hiihtokeskus Tunturi- Ylläs
Germany - Albert Link Hütte am Spitzingsee
- Steibis Bergbahnen
- Jenner Bahn-Mittelstation Berchtesgaden
Italy - Altavaltellina, Bormio
- Civetta
- Passo Tonale, Lombardy
New Zealand Norway Slovakia - Ziarska Cottage, West Tatras
Spain Sweden Switzerland - Disentis
- Ratzi (near Aldorf) (2)
| Please contact Backcountry Access to check on availability of new training parks. More locations are planned. Check back for updates to this list. Contact Steve Christie at (303) 417-1345, x113 for Beacon Training Park purchasing information.
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