Avalanche beacons (otherwise called avalanche transceivers) can save your life when snowmobiling, skiing, hunting, or hiking in avalanche terrain. Before heading out, each member of your party turns ...

AIARE does not recommend purchasing avalanche safety gear that is designed to “nest” together (such as a probe nesting inside of the handle of an avalanche shovel), as these pieces of gear typically ...

Subscribe today. Mammut/Barryvox makes some very fancy avalanche transceivers—one even can tell if the victim beneath the snow has a heartbeat. But for 99 percent of the casual backcountry users ...

If you’re part of a group, it might make sense to carry avalanche beacons such as the Ortovox F1 ($250, or about 160 pounds sterling). The trick, of course, is to ensure that everyone is ...