5th Annual Beacon Bash at Winter Park in Colorado The 5th Annual Beacon Bash will be held Saturday, December 10th, from 9 am to 4 pm at Winter Park, Colorado. The event will provide top-notch avalanche education, rescue skills, beacon training, and an opportunity to demo backcountry gear. Backcountry Access, Inc (BCA) and ORTOVOX will sponsor two major beacon practice parks. These parks will be open all day and […] Industry News Riley McDonald | November 30, 2022 0 Comments
Black Diamond Equipment Recalls PIEPS and Black Diamond Avalanche Transceivers Due to Risk of Loss of Emergency Communications Black Diamond Equipment®, a global innovator in climbing, skiing, and mountain sports equipment, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)and Health Canada, is voluntarily recalling its PIEPS and Black Diamond branded avalanche transceivers. Affected models include the thePIEPS Pro BT, Powder BT, DSP Sport, DSP Pro, DSP Pro Ice, Micro Button BT, Micro BT Sensor and Micro […] Industry News AvyBrains | July 29, 2022 0 Comments
Backcountry Access Recalls Certain Tracker4 Beacons Due to Switch Failure Backcountry Access (BCA) is voluntarily recalling certain models of its Tracker4 Avalanche Beacon. The reason for the recall is there have been instances of the switch falling off. This would prevent the user from being able to turn the unit on or off, as well as being able to search or transmit. “The reason for the recall is the toggle […] Industry News Brent Thomas | May 26, 2022 0 Comments
Black Diamond Recalls PIEPS DSP Avalanche Transcievers in the United States and Canada On April 12, 2021, Black Diamond Equipment announced a voluntary recall of all PIEPS DSP Pro, DSP Ice, and DSP Sport avalanche transceivers in the US and Canada. In cooperation with the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, Black Diamond announced this voluntary recall in response to reports of transceivers switching modes unexpectedly. The voluntary recall consists […] Avalanche Mike Bartholow | April 12, 2021 0 Comments
PIEPS Announces Voluntary Product Correction Program for DSP Avalanche Transceivers On March 3, 2021, PIEPS Technology announced a Voluntary Product Correction Program in Europe, APAC, and Latin America related to the DSP Pro, DSP Pro Ice, and DSP Sport avalanche transceivers. This will soon be followed up with an announcement in the US in coordination with the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Black Diamond Equipment, which distributes PIEPS avalanche transceivers […] Industry News Mike Bartholow | March 3, 2021 0 Comments
Avalanche Safety Check with SCOTT Sports Brought to you by SCOTT Sports Beacon, check. Probe, check. Shovel, check. Touring partners, check and check. Safe snowpack with no red flags… check? It has been unfortunate that the start of the 2020-2021 winter season has been riddled with avalanche activity and the news of multiple deaths in every major winter state. Is this just because we have more […] Avalanche Alex K | February 23, 2021 0 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
“When Should You Change Your Avalanche Transceiver Batteries?” This is a question that comes up again and again and there are different answers to this question. We’re going to share with you some of the industry standards that we know of and why they are what they are. The best idea is to be conservative and change your batteries frequently and don’t let you batteries get below 60%. The first thing you should do is consult the user manual of your avalanche beacon (you can find them online) and read at what battery percentage your beacon […] Avalanche SnowBrains | October 21, 2019 5 Comments
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