You see an avalanche, you ski over to the crown and pull out your iPhone. You snap a photo, measure the slope angle and aspect, then record a crown profile, all on your phone. As you ski down the path, you use your phone as GPS to map the slide. When you get to the …
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Occasionally good judgement is clouded by factors including business objectives and self esteem.
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Ortovox has issued a precautionary recall of their Ortovox S1+ Avalanche Transceivers
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K2 Skis have an excellent lineup for 2017, it will be a year of evolution for K2. The K2 Marksman is the newest addition to the K2 factory range for 2017 and Pep Fujas’s new pro model. The Marksman has been designed for the backcountry freestyle skier. This ski has big powder days in its …
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Powdersurfing is not new however is growing with the backcountry powder movement and the desire to be free.
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The Marker Kingpin changed backcountry skiing forever with technology that has revolutionized how teck bindings perform.
Read more Marker’s Kingpin changed Backcountry skiing
Any transceiver more than 10 years old should be retired, even if it has hardly been used
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Ortovox has recalled its S1+ avalanche transceiver.
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Atomic and Salomon join forces to create first online course of its kind to help skiers stay safe in the backcountry
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Salomon doesn’t claim to make the gear designed for the longtime, hard-core randonee skier
Read more Backcountry captures ski industry
Your life and the life of your friend are worth the investment, and modern units are far superior in all other aspects than old single- and dual-antenna units
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By Jon Turk I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping Still my guitar gently weeps ……… I look at the world and I notice it’s turning While my guitar gently weeps In the 1968 Beetles “White Album,” these words are followed by one of the most riveting guitar riffs of all …
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