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
“Know Before You Go” When Venturing Out In Avalanche-Prone Terrain Every person that decides to venture out in the backcountry, will be exposed to avalanches in one way or another, whether its training or the unthinkable, an actual avalanche, you will experience it. The Utah Avalanche Center and the Colorado Avalanche Information Center have teamed up with Avalanche Canada, Backcountry Access, the American Avalanche Association, the American Institute of Avalanche […] Avalanche Chris Wallner | November 16, 2015 0 Comments
Avalanche in Kicking Horse Backcountry, B.C. Claims Life of 29-Year-Old Male Yesterday At 2:30pm yesterday, Friday, December 20th, 2013 an out-of-bounds avalanche near Kicking Horse ski resort claimed the life of a 29-year-old Alberta man. The man was reporting missing by a friend on Friday who was with the man at the time of the avalanche. Search and rescue teams probed for the missing man for 60 minutes before finding his […] Avalanche SnowBrains | December 21, 2013 0 Comments
Why Do We Have Lots of Avalanche Gear but Little Avalanche Education? Backcountry skiing avalanche terrain in Hakuba, Japan. photo: miles clark Avalanche gear has been flying off the shelves the past 6 years. Probes, beacons, shovels, skins, touring bindings, backpacks, you name it, we’ll buy it. It’s great that skiers and riders are buying backcountry gear. It’s wonderful that people are looking for new ways to connect with the outdoors. It’s […] Avalanche Miles Clark | May 15, 2013 9 Comments