safety

Sorry this took so long to post today, spent the morning mounting some Dynafit FT12s for Chris Davenport — when that world traveler finally shows up at the workshop you’ve got to jump on it! More about Dav’s Reader’s Ride…

In development for more than three years, Onyx is G3’s entry to the category of bindings known as “tech.” These are binding systems which originated under the Dynafit brand. Onyx backcountry skiing binding is the first full featured tech binding to come to market. In this review we evaluate for both the uphill and skiing downhill.

According to a recent study, at least 25% of avalanche deaths are caused by trauma.

Pieps DSP avalanche beacon review for backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering

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.