Black Diamond Parent Company Offloads Pieps Avalanche Brand Following DSP Transceiver Controversy Clarus Corporation, the parent company of Black Diamond, has reached an agreement to sell its Pieps avalanche beacon brand and the JetForce avalanche pack intellectual property to a private investment firm for €7.8 million ($8.75 million). The deal, which includes both cash and debt, is expected to close before the end of the third quarter of 2025, pending customary closing […] Avalanche AvyBrains | May 14, 2025 0 Comments
Black Diamond Equipment Announces Recall and Repair for PIEPS Pro IPS Avalanche Transceiver SALT LAKE CITY, UT (November 21, 2024) – Black Diamond Equipment, the North American distributor of PIEPS GmbH, in conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada, is voluntarily recalling the PIEPS Pro IPS avalanche transceiver due to an issue with the size of the battery compartment. The company is offering to rework the affected device […] Avalanche Press Release | November 21, 2024 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
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
Pro Skier Nick McNutt Shares Video Demonstrating Pieps DSP Avalanche Transceiver Concern That Almost Killed Him View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nick McNutt (@nickmcnutt) on Oct 31, 2020 at 1:11pm PDT In recent weeks a social-media firestorm has been set ablaze as several pro skiers and ski industry professionals have come out claiming that the Pieps DSP Pro and DSP sport avalanche transceivers have a fundamental design flaw that is inherently dangerous. […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 3, 2020 3 Comments
VIDEO: Intense Viewing – The Day Nick McNutt Nearly Died in An Avalanche [arve url="https://youtu.be/2SHg5e9rPVg"] AvyBrains | October 30, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Canadian Personal Injury Law Firm Files Class-Action Lawsuit Against Pieps/Black Diamond Pieps DSP Sport and Pro model avalanche transceivers have been blowing up on social media as of late — and not necessarily for all the right reasons. Related: A Deeper Look into the Controversy Behind the Pieps DSP Avalanche Transceiver An ongoing controversy has professional skiers, industry professionals, and backcountry users claiming that the locking mechanism on some Pieps model […] Gear Martin Kuprianowicz | October 28, 2020 1 Comment
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
VIDEO: Pro Skier Nick McNutt Buried by Avalanche, Transceiver Malfunctions | Horrifying Story of his Rescue by Touring Partners View this post on Instagram For those who have yet to hear the story behind our rescue of @nickmcnutt last season. This is the super quick version, for a more in depth version go to @christinalusti Insta. Leading up to the accident: This was one of those days we dream about, bluebird sky’s, light wind and a stable snowpack. We […] Avalanche SnowBrains | October 14, 2020 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
Avalanche Airbag Revolution: Fan/Battery Powered Airbag = Black Diamond’s “Jetforce” Black Diamond and Pieps have created a major revolution in avalanche airbag backpack technology by using a fan and battery in place of a compressed air cylinder. Their new system is called “Jetforce.” The Jetforce avalanche airbag backpack uses batteries and a fan to fill their airbag in place of a compressed air cylinder. Conventional avalanche airbag technology uses a compressed air cylinder to quickly deliver air into an airbag in your backpack once triggered by the user. […] Avalanche Miles Clark | February 3, 2014 2 Comments
This is SCARY: Avalanche Beacon RECALL = Pieps Vector This is scary. As of September 27th, 2013 PIEPS is recalling all of their Vector avalanche beacons due to safety reasons. PIEPS isn’t giving us any specifics on the exact functionality defect but climbland.com is saying: “Longtime tests shows disfunctions with no recognizability.” – climbland.com It sounds like the PIEPS Vector models simply aren’t working properly which is a very scary thing to consider. If you’ve been using a PIEPS Vector in the backcountry you may not have been using a functional avalanche beacon. It’s tough to put into words how that would […] Avalanche SnowBrains | October 7, 2013 2 Comments