After historic snowfall, California’s high country still poses major risks to hikers, climbers, and skiers according to search and rescue teams — a recent avalanche fatality…
Avalanche safety brand Safeback has partnered with two other brands to put an innovative avalanche airflow system into backcountry backpacks and vests.
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…
Avalanche response professionals take viewers through the essential steps involved in a proper group avalanche rescue mission brought to you by Backcountry Access.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
