Skiing the Backcountry has a couple of new posts about the merits of avalanche airbags in general and the Snowpulse one in particular. The writer, or writers, share my enthusiasm for these devices. But, just because I wake up some mornings, like today, in a feisty mood, I want to take exception to a commonly [...]

It looks like the options for avalanche airbags we can purchase next year are increasing rapidly. Skiing the Backcountry highlights an airbag pack from Snowpulse out of Verbier, Switzerland. The $1000+ price tag is a little intimidating: hopefully competition and economies of scale from increased production as these things catch on will encourage price reductions [...]

We’ve all probably heard by now of the avalanche fatalities this weekend’s snowstorms made possible. Lou Dawson does a heroic job each year warning skiers to be careful, and yet, even very experienced, avalanche savy skiers like Mr. Brettman fall victim to judgment lapses every year.
Mr. Brettman perished out of bounds, but other avalanches, including [...]

I never heard of Pony, Montana until my son Evan informed me that over Columbus Day Weekend he and some friends noticed that the SNOTEL monitor there was reporting 42″ of new snow by Saturday night. Evan and his friends were getting psyched that evening to ski the 20″ that had fallen on the Bridger [...]