[GIVEAWAY] The SCOTT Patrol E1 30 Airbag Backpack Kit View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) We’ve partnered with SCOTT Sports to give away the Patrol E1 30 Backpack Kit—details on the airbag backpack and how to enter the giveaway are below. The SCOTT Patrol E1 30 Backpack Kit The SCOTT Patrol E1 30 Backpack Kit is the ultimate freeskiing avalanche backpack featuring […] Backcountry SnowBrains | April 25, 2022 0 Comments
Aerosize Vest ONE – The World’s First Certified Avalanche Airbag Vest Aerosize recently released the ‘Vest ONE’, the world’s first certified avalanche airbag vest. Avalanche airbags have been proven to be lifesavers for those unlucky enough to be caught in an avalanche, but traditional avalanche airbags are big, bulky, heavy, and unwieldy pieces of kit. Aerosize hopes to change that, with the introduction of their Vest ONE. You can now carry the […] Avalanche AvyBrains | April 30, 2021 1 Comment
VIDEO: Man Carried 1,000-Feet by Avalanche Claims Airbag and AIARE Training Saved His Life Maurice Kervin, 25, was caught in an avalanche last week and told The Denver Channel that his airbag and avalanche training saved his life. The snowboarder was in an area called No Name near Loveland Pass, CO, with his buddy, when he triggered an avalanche that carried him 1,000-feet down the slope. “I remember before I dropped in and before […] Avalanche AvyBrains | January 20, 2021 3 Comments
The Evolution of Avalanche Beacon Technology Have you ever wondered how avalanche beacon technology works? Or even what people did out in the backcountry before modern beacons? Well, up until 1968, there were no avalanche beacons, at least not in the form we recognize today. Dr. John Lawton invented the first avalanche beacon in 1968 at Cornell and it was on the market in 1971. Ed […] Avalanche Gabrielle Gasser | June 19, 2020 1 Comment
Avalanche partially buries snowmobiler near Apex Mountain Resort, BC British Columbia native Sam Johnson was sledding with a group of snowmobilers in the Powder 8 area southwest of Penticton, BC near Apex Mountain Resort when he was caught in a human-triggered avalanche and partially buried, Global News reports. Johnson was descending into a gully between two mountains when several slides came down, including one behind him and another in […] Avalanche AvyBrains | February 11, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Snowboarder Captures Moment his Airbag Saves him in Alps Avalanche A snowboarder captured the terrifying moment an avalanche started around his feet and he was dragged down the mountain by the force of it. Luckily, it also captures the moment that he managed to deploy an airbag that he had strapped to his back for exactly that kind of situation. The incident took place near one of Kray’s favorite snowboard […] Avalanche AvyBrains | March 13, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Freeskier Survives HUGE Avalanche with ABS Backpack In January 2013, Aymar Navarro was filming in the Aran Valley in the Spanish Pyranees with a camera crew. It had been snowing for days, dumping over four feet of fresh powder in the mountains. Navarro, along with his crew and a mountain guide, opted for a less exposed, flat slope to film in an attempt to minimize risk. “3, 2, 1 jump, then a few turns, when I suddenly realized that the entire hillside collapsed very quickly,” said Navarro […] Avalanche ameliatraynor | April 24, 2015 0 Comments
One Airbag Feature You Need To Use That You Probably Don’t A case study from the fall edition of the Canadian Avalanche Association’s publication The Avalanche Journal details the death of a skier in Revelstoke and brings light to one feature on many airbag backpack systems you might not have even heard about: the crotch strap. The author, a key analyst of the incident for CAA and aid for both the RCMP and BC Corners Service, noted that the failure to use the crotch strap while in avalanche […] Avalanche Eric Behn | November 14, 2014 10 Comments
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