This morning Black Diamond Equipment announced an official voluntary recall of several PPIEPS and BD branded avalanche transceivers.

The Snow Visa may be low tech when it comes to avalanche awareness and safety, but it might also help someone make the right calls when it matters most.

A study published in Applied Geology titled “Tracking decision-making of backcountry users using GPS tracks and participant surveys” integrates several data collection methods to answer questions about where we travel in the backcountry and how we make decisions in avalanche terrain.

The problem with scary moderate is that not fully thinking it through is the first step in making some grave mistakes. Should we banish the term?

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.