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Fresh Tracks, Fresh Ideas. That's what Backcountry
Access (BCA) is all about. BCA's passions are ski touring and
innovation ... their mission is to constantly break new ground--on
the snow and in the lab.
We carry transceivers, bindings, packs, climbing
skins, probe poles and shovels by Backcountry Access (BCA)
... the best in the business of backcountry skiing!
Keep up to date with the latest weather and snow
reports, avy conditions, web cams ... and other mountain news
on our snow conditions page.
Its a great resource ... use it.
Keep yourself posted on avalanche
conditions around western Canada. The Canadian
Avalanche Centre is a non-profit society promoting excellence
in avalanche safety for industry and recreation.
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Roughly 3/4 of all avalanche
victims die from asphyxiation. If you can find the victim
and get them air within 15 minutes, their chances of survival
are good—barring major trauma. If you miss that window,
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With a transciever like the Tracker,
you’ll shave valuable minutes off the search, giving your
companion their best possible shot at survival.
A better solution is to avoid avalanches
in the first place. Take an avalanche course, learn
safe travel techniques, and practice with your equipment
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Your partner is buried ...
you find their location using your transceiver and probe
... you get your shovel out ... now what? There has been
a lot of research dealing with digging folks out ... its
called strategic shoveling. |
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Download
this pdf from our friends at BCA ... its
a very good paper dealing with this issue. A must read
for the backcountry! |
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The five key points of adhesive ski skin
care ...
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1. Never expose
adhesive ski skins to heat. |
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2. Protect adhesive
ski skins against light and solar radiation. |
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3. Dry adhesive
ski skins in a dark place at room temperature (without
protective film, and not in the skin bag). |
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4. Keep dry adhesive
ski skins in the skin bag, with the protective film. |
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5. Never store
wet adhesive ski skins in the skin bag! |
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Glide as light as a feather with
the new camlock fixing system. Less weight is a positive
factor. But not enough on its own. The camlock
fixing system is rugged, wear resistant,
quick and easy to fit, handy and practical.
Mixed mohair/synthetic fabric.
The tried-and-tested adhesive ski skin with the
new camlock fixing system. Extremely resistant
to wear and abrasion. |
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Today’s skis are evolving even more audaciously. They are not only ultra-wide and cleverly waisted but they also consistently gain in torsional rigidity. Despite their impressive width and stability, even true freeride skis are no heavyweights. Thanks to new materials and production -methods, the weight can be minimized. Naturally, this revolutionizes the downhill feeling, but only if the binding can keep up.
The Diamir Freeride Pro is a perfect match for these skittishly fat skis, providing superior power transmission and safety, even at high speed.
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The wide binding design ensures optimal pressure distribution, which results in maximum grip on the descent.
In addition: With the Diamir Freeride Pro the ascent is even fun when you need a few steps to find the perfect run.
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The Easiest just got easier.
In 1997, the Tracker DTS revolutionized the
transceiver market by introducing digital, dual antenna
technology. Since then, it has become the world’s
best-selling transceiver. That’s for a simple reason: it’s
the easiest to use.
The Tracker DTS™ is the world's
first digital avalanche beacon. It's also the first transceiver
to have a dual receiving antenna. This eliminates the stop-and-go
processes of traditional "grid" and "tangent" searching.
Instead, the user follows a simple "flux line" search,
which can be significantly faster for both novices and
experts.
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Warning: No transceiver is effective without
proper training. Read your owner’s manual, practice thoroughly,
carry a shovel and probe, and take an avalanche safety course.
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sooo
... how are the roads?
Sure,
the backcountry is great ... but you've still got to get to the
trailhead ... right? What are the Alberta
mountain road conditions? Get all the snow info you need at
our snow conditions page ...
and check the avy info often.
Keep
yourself posted on avalanche conditions around
western Canada. The Canadian
Avalanche Association is a non-profit society promoting excellence
in avalanche safety for industry and recreation.
Excavation time is by far the biggest contributing factor in avalanche fatalities. By reducing or eliminating burial depth you substantially increase your chances of survival. The Float 30 is the first airbag that is both affordable and easily reusable. We use a smaller cylinder, single–chamber 150–liter airbag, and super–efficient venturi system to reduce cost and weight. The airbag itself not only helps prevent burial, but protects the head, neck and upper body from trauma. With its location behind the head and away from the hips and arms, it preserves the user’s peripheral vision and his or her ability to escape the avalanche before it picks up speed.
The new Shogun is the benchmark for step-in Touring
Norm binding compatibility. Like the Radium, it is flexed for performance.
Its multi-injected lower shell has a unique flex insert for touring
ease, multi-injected cuff for a close, responsive fit with awesome
leverage.
Burly enough to rip the toughest terrain and conditions
on big skis, light enough for extended tours.
We are carrying a selection of the high performance
AT boots from Garmont ... the Shogun,
and the women's specific Hydra and Xena.
A Fresh Approach. Fresh tracks. Fresh ideas. That’s
what Backcountry Access is all about. They've
proved that, with avalanche beacons, ease-of-use
is more important than range. They popularized Companion Rescue—with
light, integrated shovels and probes. And they
solved the winter hydration problem with their freezeproof Stash
packs.
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