February ski touring news and opinion, airbag packs making air pocket, skimo race victories, avalanche safety, bighorn sheep and more.

Imagine you are stuck at a hut. You usually sport both an avalanche beacon transceiver and an airbag backpack. But this time you only get one or the other. Which would you choose?

Review of Black Diamond Jetforce Tour 26 airbag backpack for ski touring avalanche safety in the backcountry.

First look review of G3 Cabrio avalanche airbag backpack, a good application of the Alpride gas cartridge system.

Black Diamond Jetforce Pro 2019-2020 is a good airbag backpack for ski touring and mountaineering, this is a review.

Three Black Diamond airbag packs featuring three different airbag systems paired with different pack designs.

Arcteryx Voltair review, avalanche airbag rucksack for ski touring, a backcountry backpack.

Things to know about avalanche airbag backpacks, including the balloon inflation zipper and gas vs electric for ski touring backcountry.

Test and review of Scott Alpride E1 AP30 airbag ski touring backpack, a rucksack that exceeds nearly all expectations.

Scott Alpride E1 Supercap airbag backpack review and first look, capacitor driven lightest weight electric rucksack.