Check out this conceptual design. Nothing really new, but fun to see the industrial designers have their thinking caps on. I still contend that a passive system is the way of the future.
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If you’ve been around western Colorado skiing for any length of time, you’ve probably heard of Rob Hunker. Starting out with the Crested Butte ski patrol in the 1970s, Rob was instrumental in the development of the Butte’s “extreme terrain,…
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News items about backcountry skiing, including an avalanche, Colorado items, and skiing the fourteeners, opinions about ski touring issues.
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The inaugural Snowball Dinner and Auction to support Northwest Weather & Avalanche Center (NWAC) is less than two weeks away…Friday, April 10! Please join us at the Ballard Elks Club on Shilshole Bay in Seattle and show your support for a service we all rely on to plan trips and stay safe in the mountains.
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Black Diamond’s Avalung avalanche safety device is explained and reviewed, they offer various packs with the avalung feature used for backcountry skiing
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I wear a Black Diamond Avalung. Perhaps you should too.
But what are the chances your Avalung will save your life?
That minor detail is of course unknown at this time, because Avalungs have not been used for a long enough time by enough people to develop meaningful real-world statistics.
Bringing awareness to the hidden dangers of avalanches by reporting on incidents, new advancements, education, and safety tools.
