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2. Avalanche transceiver - Wikipedia

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   A four-person group goes on a backcountry tour into avalanche terrain. A husband and his wife are both equipped with the same W-Link, vitals-sensing transceiver. They just met the other two group members the day before. One of them has a basic digital beacon, and the other has a modern, digital W-Link beacon that does not transmit vitals data.

3. Backcountry.com - Wikipedia

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   Backcountry.com was founded in 1996 by Jim Holland and John Bresee.The two started the online business with a sparse collection of avalanche gear and began selling gear from their garage in Park City, Utah under the domain names BCstore.com and BackcountryStore.com. [1] The store's first sale, a Pieps 457 Opti-finder avalanche beacon, happened in February 1997. [2]

4. Skiers unable to save companion found buried in avalanche ...

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   An avalanche in the Anthracite Range buried and killed a backcountry skier despite efforts by his companions to rescue him, Colorado officials reported. ... and have an avalanche beacon, ...

5. Avalanche rescue - Wikipedia

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   Avalanche cords were popular before beacons became available, and while cords were thought to be effective markers there was never any proof of their effectiveness. In the 1970s Melchior Schild of the Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF) reviewed 30 years of Swiss avalanche accidents and rescues from 1944/45 to 1973/74.

6. Avalanche forecasters try to curb deaths as skiers and ... - AOL

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   On Saturdays at a backcountry warming hut used by snowmobilers, avalanche educators give basic rescue lessons including how to use avalanche beacons — transmitters that send a signal rescuers ...

7. Avalanches: What causes innocent-looking snow slopes to ... - AOL

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   Avalanche deaths are rare inbounds at ski resorts like Palisades Tahoe, but the risk rises in the backcountry—30 backcountry avalanche deaths were reported in the U.S. during the 2022-2023 season.

8. Backcountry skiing - Wikipedia

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   A beacon is an essential item for anyone planning on skiing in the backcountry. An avalanche beacon is a battery powered radio transceiver that is used for emergency location. Skiers activate the beacon at the outset of a ski tour.

9. 4 skiers killed, 4 injured by Utah avalanche, police say

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   An avalanche killed four skiers and injured four others Saturday in a popular recreation area, making it one of the deadliest avalanches in Utah history, authorities said. The Unified Police ...