Buying backcountry skiing, alpine touring and avalanche safety gear
Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | 
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Gear, Tech & Food, Tips, Tricks & Advice
This article is from a series on “How to start backcountry skiing and alpine touring?”. Visit the link to see an outline of all the topics.
Now that you skied off piste in knee deep powder with your friends and learnt some very useful things in the avalanche safety course,...
» Tags: altimeter watch, avalanche safety
Sign up for avalanche safety and backcountry travel course
Sat, Sep 5, 2009 | No Comments | Tips, Tricks & Advice
This is a second article from the series on “How to start backcountry skiing and alpine touring?”.
As with anything new, we have two choices – learn it ourselves (with help from friends) or register for a course that is led by a true professional in its industry....
» Tags: avalanche rescue, avalanche safety, avalanche terrain
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