VIDEO: Ski Cutting in the Backcountry: 9 Ways to Reduce the Obvious Risk [arve url="https://youtu.be/ma4m0l6oGOQ"] SnowBrains | February 8, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
How to Safely Begin Backcountry Skiing Brought to you by SCARPA With ski resorts likely reducing capacity to ensure they’re complying with COVID guidelines, thousands are flocking to backcountry skiing. No lifts, no problem! The backcountry this year could be packed with beginner backcountry skiers, who don’t have the necessary safety skills to ensure not only their safety but also others’. The goal of this article is […] Backcountry Clay Malott | February 8, 2021 0 Comments
‘SCARPA Backcountry Week’ = February 8-15: Avalanche Safety, Backcountry Gear Tutorials, Skin Track Trips, and More Brought to you by SCARPA SnowBrains’ Backcountry Week is upon us. Well, nearly—it starts on Feb. 8 and lasts through the 15th. And it’s going to be awesome. You guessed it: Backcountry Week means a full week of non-stop backcountry skiing and splitboarding-oriented articles about how to do anything and everything backcountry. This includes but won’t be limited to: How […] Backcountry SnowBrains | February 2, 2021 0 Comments
Electronic Noise: How Your Smartphone May Affect Your Avalanche Beacon’s Performance Avalanche transceivers are the most important piece of gear we use in the backcountry. The lives of us and our partners rely entirely on our beacons working well. One of the things that may interfere with the proper function of a transceiver is electronic noise. Related: Avalanche Beacons: Where’s The Best Place To Wear Them? Essentially any battery-powered device causes […] Avalanche Jason Ringenberg | January 19, 2021 0 Comments
Here to Help: The Utah Avalanche Center’s New Trailhead Avalanche Awareness Program High avalanche danger should = low-angle terrain selection which should = keeping powder-hungry hubris in check. That’s essentially what volunteers with the Utah Avalanche Center’s new Trailhead Avalanche Awareness program were explaining to curious passers-by as they toured past the red UAC tent at the Grizzy Gultch trailhead in Little Cottonwood Canyon last Saturday when snow conditions were concerningly suspect. […] Backcountry Martin Kuprianowicz | December 23, 2020 1 Comment
Free Stuff: Online Avalanche Awareness Course Courtesy of Colorado Mountain School Coronavirus made everyone a backcountry skier—at least so it seems. And the backcountry will be busy this season. Also, who doesn’t love free stuff? If you plan on skiing in the backcountry this season and haven’t taken your Level 1 course yet, please do so! And while you’re at it you may as well check out this free avalanche awareness course. […] Backcountry AvyBrains | December 4, 2020 1 Comment
13th Annual Utah Snow and Avalanche Workshop Streaming Live November 10-12 Winter’s knocking—time to kick your avalanche brain into gear. The Utah Avalanche Center will be holding a virtual snow and avalanche workshop next week from Tuesday, November 10 to Thursday, Nov. 10. Utah Snow and Avalanche WorkshopCheck out the details below courtesy of the UAC: The first major storm of the season is quickly approaching and so is the Utah Snow […] Backcountry SnowBrains | November 4, 2020 0 Comments
A Deeper Look into the Controversy Behind the Pieps DSP Avalanche Transceiver View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ian McIntosh (@ianmcintosh) on Oct 13, 2020 at 11:31am PDT Fif-teen minutes. That’s approximately how long you get as an avalanche burial victim before your chance of survival falls to roughly 40%. After that, it accelerates toward zero. And that’s given that you’re wearing your avalanche transceiver and that […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | October 23, 2020 0 Comments
WNDR Alpine Offering Complementary Avalanche Safety Courses in Wasatch Range For Each Ski Sold Photos and text courtesy of WNDR Alpine With reservation systems and rumors flying around regarding the upcoming ski season, many skiers are turning to the backcountry to get their turns in. While this influx into the backcountry is likely positive, professionals in the outdoor industry know that backcountry education is crucial to positively handle this massive influx into out-of-bounds riding. […] Backcountry SnowBrains | October 1, 2020 0 Comments
Avalanche Center Changes Name, But Its Mission Remains the Same Earlier this month, the Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center (BTAC) opted to add a minor addition to their name. The organization has now rebranded itself as the Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center Foundation. While the change may seem insignificant, the addition of the word “foundation’ has intentionality and purpose. Related: Avalanche Mitigation Equipment To Be Replaced Above Teton Pass, WY According to the non-profit […] Avalanche Spencer Cox | July 24, 2020 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
VIDEO: Pro Skier Shows Us the Danger of Tree Wells Avalanches aren’t the only thing you need to watch out for in the backcountry — or the resort for that matter. Professional skier and pilot Lexi Dupont demonstrates the danger of tree wells with CHM Heli Skiing, showing us how deep they can actually go. Related: Skier Died in Tree Well at Steamboat Resort, CO on Saturday A tree well, also […] Backcountry SnowBrains | February 15, 2020 0 Comments
The 12th Annual CAIC Benefit Bash is this Saturday November 23rd in Breckenridge, CO The Friends of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center’s Benefit Bash is this Saturday the 23rd. This is the largest fundraiser of the season put on by the Friends of CAIC. Tickets are $50, and there are less than 200 tickets left. With your ticket, you get one door prize ticket, two drink tickets, and access to a massive silent auction. Proceeds […] Industry News Curtis Weller | November 20, 2019 0 Comments
Avalanche Beacons: Where’s The Best Place To Wear Them? An avalanche beacon is mandatory equipment when you head into the backcountry, sidecountry, or even into the high-gnar zones at some resorts. Practice using it and get good. Make sure your friends are proficient too. They’re the ones that are going to save your butt when you get buried. Turn it on at the car and off at the bar. The […] Avalanche Mike Lavery | October 23, 2019 1 Comment
Colorado Is On Track For The Worst Avalanche Season On Record. Be careful out there! MSN Colorado is known for its unstable snowpack, but this season has been especially troublesome. The Rocky Mountain State and the Continental snowpack that it receives can spell trouble for backcountry users. This season has seen 56 people caught in 42 avalanches as of January 31st, 2018. So far, 2018/19 is on track to be the deadliest season […] Avalanche Jason Ringenberg | February 15, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: Know Before You Go | A Serious Reminder Of How Important Avalanche Education Is The American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education teamed up with the Utah Avalanche Center to bring you this powerful, bone-chilling video about avalanche safety and awareness. This is a good reminder of how not only having the necessary avalanche gear is important, but also having the proper training and knowledge on how to use it, is equally as important. […] Avalanche Mitch McDermott | November 21, 2017 0 Comments
How To Slope Cut | Learn This Important Skill Before Heading To The Backcountry Every skier or snowboarder entering a backcountry environment has the responsibility to know and perform a series of tests before dropping in for sweet, untouched turns. An important step in this process is the ski, or slope, cut. The National Avalanche Center has been kind enough to explain this technique! Ski or Slope Cut A stability test where a skier or rider rapidly crosses an avalanche […] Avalanche Matt Brennan | October 23, 2017 1 Comment
Startup Alert: PoleClinometer “The Ski Pole Inclinometer Sticker” PoleClinometer should be your new best friend when skiing the backcountry. With New Zealand coming off of a high avalanche danger season and September snow hitting the U.S. hard, the time has never been better to get familiar with some avalanche safety tools that could save your life. PoleClinometer is a sticker kit you put on your ski pole that […] Avalanche Lindsay Hayden | September 26, 2017 0 Comments
Play Safe and Play all Season: 137 Avalanche Deaths Last Winter With the temperatures dropping and new product lines coming out, it brings us to the start of our favorite time of the year: when the snow DROPS! We want everyone to play hard all season long, so it is important to be educated on avalanche risks and procedures before you get out there. Last year their were 137 deaths due […] Avalanche Guest Author | October 24, 2015 0 Comments
Your Transceiver and You Project Zero’s mission is to reduce avalanche fatalities and promote a responsible backcountry experience. This ground-breaking North American industry collaboration between avalanche forecast centers, educators, equipment manufacturers, industry associations and non-profits formed under the far-reaching vision to “Reduce Avalanche Fatalities to Zero.” While lofty, this statement sets a vision that can only happen through broad collaboration towards cultural, infrastructure and educational changes in how we manage avalanche risks. More info about this project […] Naomi VanPatten | January 4, 2015 0 Comments
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