
Climbing, Skiing 20,000-Foot Peaks: Mammut Ski Mountaineers Reveal How They Prepare
‘The Call’ follows two skiers on their quest for mega lines in Pakistan — and serves as a crash course in avalanche safety.
‘The Call’ follows two skiers on their quest for mega lines in Pakistan — and serves as a crash course in avalanche safety.
In Outdoor Research’s brief avalanche safety video, an avi forecaster provides a crash course in avalanche terrain and goes over the basic tools every backcountry traveler should have.
Avalanche response professionals take viewers through the essential steps involved in a proper group avalanche rescue mission brought to you by Backcountry Access.
Need a little pep in your step this week? Watch this quick shot of pro big-mountain freerider Parkin Costain escaping an avalanche.
Starting Nov. 1, Mammut will offer Avalanche Safety Week, a 5-day online series. Alpine and wilderness safety experts will cover essential survival topics, share safety tips, and answer questions from participants.
With ski season right around the corner, now’s a great time to upgrade your backcountry safety skills. Backcountry Access has released a series of video shorts to help with that.
To help motorized riders manage risk while boondocking, backcountry ‘professor’ Bret Rasmussen has been refining avalanche education programs for nearly a decade. Here are his top snowmobile safety tips.
A pro skier was caught in an avalanche. He survived. Unbelievably, the accident was captured on film. This is his story.
Two snowmobiles rip up a snowy mountain. And what happens next is quite predictable, as a large slab avalanche breaks free.
The BCA Tracker series of avalanche beacons set a high bar in snow safety. The brand’s latest offering, the Tracker S, gives you its best performance at a great price.
If you’re heading to the backcountry to score some of Colorado’s early-season powder, be mindful. The season’s first avalanches have already ripped loose.
It’s always a good time to refresh your avalanche safety skills. And one of the core competencies is transceiver searching. This is how to search with an avalanche beacon.
Black Diamond improves upon its JetForce avalanche airbags with the JetForce Pro. Coming fall 2019, the JetForce Pro has modular packs ranging from 10 to 35 liters. We took it skiing for a quick first look review.
If you ski in the backcountry, you put yourself in avalanche terrain. Make good choices, ski with a competent team, and be safe out there!
An avalanche one course is a critical way to improve backcountry safety. But it doesn’t teach you everything. An AIARE instructor breaks down 12 skills you should learn that fall outside the scope of an Avi 1 course.
The new BCA Float 2.0 system is lighter and more useful than previous versions. We skied with the BCA Float 27 Speed pack during an avalanche course for this review.
The video ‘To Hell in a Heartbeat’ retells a terrifying avalanche burial incident.
Visitors and residents took advantage of the opportunity to watch the massive avalanche from a safe perspective in downtown Telluride.
Turn in your ancient beacon and get $75 toward a new 3+ transceiver.
Watch this half-hour film and learn about five mistakes that lead to danger in the mountains and on the snow.
If you ski in the backcountry, avalanche education is mandatory. Salomon and Atomic this week launched online courses aimed to educate those who venture into avalanche terrain.
Avalanches don’t discriminate, and it only takes one mistake to kill you. This video by some of the biggest names in backcountry ski safety is a must-watch for anyone who plans to head off-piste this winter. It just might save your life.
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