It seems like the perfect storm has arrived in the backcountry. With the popularity of ski touring growing year after year places were already starting to get crowded. Now add a certain virus as well as reserved ski resort and it has kicked the backcountry into overdrive. With already crowded trailheads and a mindset focused … Read more
What I learned after Avalanche Beacon Training. It’s time to buy a new Beacon
I know what you are thinking “Man…. but a new avalanche beacon is expensive and my old one is perfectly fine”. Trust me I have been there thinking “yeah it’s a bit old but I could really use a new set of skins” as it seemed to work perfectly fine and a beacon is a beacon but as technology has changed beacons have changed as well. Basically the thing I learned about beacons after Avalanche Training was “It’s time to get a new one”
Over the years I’ve been fortunate to learn a lot about avalanches, from the weather to the terrain that causes it. In the beginning I learned through experience but in the past few years I’ve had the good fortune to get training though the Canadian Avalanche Association receiving my professional level 1. In the near future I hope to give clinics not only about avalanche education but a well rounded knowledge of what, when, where and why when it comes to Splitboarding. But here is a quick breakdown of what I learned and how I feel is a good way to apply it.