Caroline Elliott

Caroline will draw you in to glimpse at her world where she overcame language, cultural and gender barriers to excel in a very physically demanding and mentally challenging profession still very much male led. Looking closely at early morning blasting operations, multiple victim collisions on the winter slopes to real life avalanche rescue events, you will learn how the right blend of risk management, effective team work, combined with communication strategies to deal with stress are key to achieving a safe and positive outcome and attaining the desired goal set for the mission. 

Caroline will invite you to learn about a real-life avalanche rescue in France that was successful in saving a whole family, the youngest of 4 years old remaining under two metres of snow for over 2 hours. We’ll look at what was crucial in achieving such a positive outcome, whilst working under pressure, with multiple service agencies of whom some had never worked together. 

Caroline energises us through her journey dealing with risk on a daily basis in hostile mountain environments whilst scaling a myriad of metaphorical mountain challenges. With a smile, she explains how communicating with her canine colleagues is often far easier than with her human team members.