Backcountry Access (BCA) is North America’s leading manufacturer of snow safety equipment, including Tracker transceivers, Float airbags, shovels, probes, and BC Link radios. BCA’s mission is to save lives, not just sell products. BCA has always considered education to be just as important as the gear it makes. That’s why BCA supports avalanche education programs and forecast centers--and why the company backs up all its products with consumer education and knowledgeable customer service.
This new video features how to manage tree wells, an often-overlooked danger when riding in the backcountry or at the resort. Watch and learn what to do if you ever find yourself stuck upside-down with limited air supply and range of motion.
Jim Conway, Bruce Edgerly, and the crew from BCA illustrate how to perform an avalanche rescue with more than one rescuer. Important elements include proper “lane discipline” when establishing search strips, when to abandon your search strip to perform the coarse and fine search, how to manage “rogue signals,” and best practices for communication and leadership on the avalanche debris pile. Essential viewing for both recreational and professional avalanche rescue training. Watch and learn.
Having an avalanche transceiver is only valuable if you know how to use one. Learn the basics of beacon searching with the BCA.
This video takes you through the proper techniques for pinpointing or probing stage of avalanche search.
When buried in an avalanche, every second counts. Learn the most efficient shoveling and rescue extraction techniques.
BCA ambassador and American Avalanche Institute (AAI) co-owner Sarah Carpenter goes the through the steps to perform if your companion gets buried in an avalanche.