How Well Do You Know How to Use Your Beacon? | Beacon Searching 101 Brought to you by SCARPA Backcountry Week Over the next few days, I’m going to highlight some of the Backcountry Access avalanche safety videos for SnowBrains’ SCARPA Backcountry Week. With over a dozen avalanche deaths in just over a week across North America, there is a lot of focus on avalanche safety in our community. Group size, effective communication, appropriate […] Brains Mike Bartholow | February 10, 2021 0 Comments
To Heck With Ski Mags & Their Resort Guides… Here Are Our Favorite Backcountry Ski Areas on Earth Brought to you by SCARPA Resort skiing has its place, but nothing compares to untracked snow as far as the eye can see, no crowds, no punters, no lift lines, and no manic insanity on a pow day. Backcountry skiing will always trump skiing in the resort. Not to mention that working for your turns is something especially sweet. Something […] Backcountry D’Arcy McLeish | February 8, 2021 1 Comment
Backcountry Access (BCA) Releases New Workhorse Beacon—The Tracker4 Backcountry Access (BCA) this month announced the release of its newest avalanche beacon, the Tracker4™, for winter 2020/21. The design of the Tracker4 avalanche transceiver marks a new industry standard for transceiver durability and ease-of-use for those moments when every second counts. Related: Backcountry Skiing Etiquette: The Do’s and Don’ts When asked about what makes the Tracker4 different from other […] Backcountry SnowBrains | December 8, 2020 0 Comments
New Backcountry Access ‘Tracker S Avalanche Beacon’ Focuses on Simplicity and Speed Backcountry Access (BCA) is pleased to announce that its much-anticipated BCA Tracker S™ avalanche beacon is now in stock. The BCA Tracker S™ is the newest avalanche transceiver to hit the market for the 2019/20 season. Backcountry Access has named the Tracker S for its simplicity and speed of operation for all backcountry skiers, snowboarders, and snowmobilers in need of […] Avalanche AvyBrains | November 15, 2019 0 Comments
Avalanche Awareness | Your Local Workshops & Resources, Get Educated & Practice With the tragic news out of Montana this week of the first avalanche fatality of the season, it is easy to feel helpless. We are beside ourselves with grief that such young, active, vibrant members of the action sports community could be taken so cruelly. While searching for answers we came to a conclusion. We can’t just sit back and […] Avalanche LadyBrains | October 13, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: CalTrans Clearing Rockfall Debris on Tioga Pass, CA After Major Storm [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F178603062220478%2Fvideos%2F1189142074499900%2F&show_text=0&width=560″] California Transportation District 9, based out of Bishop California, is keeping SR 120 Tioga Pass closed to the public as they continue to clear debris and rockfall that litter the roadway due to the major storm that just passed through California. The storm brought heavy rain and snowfall at higher elevations which caused some extremely large boulders to […] Dylan Cautela | October 20, 2016 0 Comments
Tahoe Backcountry Access Crisis: TRPA Responds With Large West Shore Parking Area Two weeks ago, we reported on the alarming deletion of backcountry access to incredible Lake Tahoe backcountry skiing areas such as Jake’s Peak on Tahoe’s west shore. As we looked deeper into the issue and spoke with Tahoe Backcountry Alliance‘s Mike Schwartz, we discovered that the problem was a systemic one. Tahoe was slowly losing enormous amounts of winter backcountry […] Industry News Miles Clark | October 20, 2015 1 Comment
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