The marketplace for avalanche bags expands. A few weeks back, we received some spreadsheets from Ortovox providing a useful overview of comparative weights.

Hyperlocal comes to the realm of disseminating information about snowpack and backcountry conditions with Chris Dickson and the San Juan Snowcast.

To mitigate exposures to avalanches, Rob Coppolillo presents a case for using what he calls the exposure knob to make simpler decisions on complex tours.

The aggressive push for shovel, beacon, probe as mandatory safety gear is clear. Chris Van Tilburg asks if it is time for airbags to be added to that list.

With snow currently falling in Colorado, WildSnow reaches out to some avalanche forecasters to assess the snowpack as we move towards the winter solstice.

In the wide-open space that is digitial ski tour planning, I needed some direction: Backcountry Nav’s online class helped me find a path forward.