Black Diamond Recon LT Recall
Black Diamond have announced a voluntary recall on the Recon LT transceiver. In a limited number of cases, the Recon LT could unexpectedly enter search mode, despite its rotary switch...
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Facewest Transceiver Review
Looking for your first avalanche transceiver, or in the market for an upgrade? Our transceiver review will help you choose. Learn about the features you should be looking for and...
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Pieps / Black Diamond Avalanche Transceiver Safety Check.
Black Diamond / Pieps have announced a safety check for their range of transceivers which share components. They have observed a small number of devices with malfunctioning components that may...
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Spring Ski Touring Equipment Guide
Late Season can often have the best conditions for touring. A decent snow base has often built up and the days are longer (especially in Scotland!). As the temperatures start...
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What Do You Need To Get Off-Piste This Winter?
There’s nothing better than leaving the pistes, heading out and skiing untracked powder under a blue sky, or skinning into a remote valley and spending the night in an alpine...
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Avalanche Transceiver Review. Winter 2021/22
In general the transceiver market has crystalized into 2 distinct groups, Standard and Advanced Transceivers. This is a rather arbitrary division, it does not mean that advanced transceivers are always...
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How To Avoid Being Avalanched
Risk Assessment and preparation. Avalanche Avoidance The golden rule of back country or off piste skiing and snowboarding is to AVOID avalanches. Everyone should be properly equipped and trained to...
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Mammut Airbag 3.0 System Safety Check
Mammut are committed to the safety of their products, as such they continually assess their products to find potential improvements and identify problems. Unfortunately they have identified an issue with...
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Safety Notice Reminder for Ortovox AVABAG Cartridges
Earlier this year Ortovox announced as precautionary safety notice on their AVABAG Carbon cartridges. They established that a small number of cartridges from a specific production period may lose pressure....
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PIEPS DSP Sport & Pro Transceivers
There has been some online discussion in the US about the mode selection switch of some PIEPS Transcievers. PIEPS have addressed these concerns and engaged in further testing of their...
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ORTOVOX 3+ Version 2.3
ORTOVOX have announced an update for their 3+ transceivers to software version 2.3. The update fixes the self-test upon turning on the device, and will prevent fully functional devices from...
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I was caught in an avalanche and survived thanks to my Avalanche Airbag.
By Sky Schwartz. January 28th 2020. Back country skiing I really enjoy off piste back country skiing and have done it in a number of Alpine ski resorts. In previous...
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