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Red Helium Balloons Were Once Used as Avalanche Safety Tools

Balloons helped skiers feel safe from avalanches

A beacon, probe, and shovel are a few modern and necessary avalanche safety tools, carried by skiers and snowboarders all over the world. However, back before these advancements, avalanche safety technology was quite rudimentary in comparison to now. Thanks to Warren Miller Entertainment for once again pulling some incredible, vintage footage from the archives, for all of us to enjoy […]
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“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 […]
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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 […]
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Miles Clark |
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