BRP Ski Doo x BCA Educational Tour
Ski-Doo Celebrates 18 Years of Free Avalanche Awareness Seminars. Check out the North American Educational Tour stops.
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[EDGE]ucation: Season 3
BCA Co-Founder Bruce Edgerly introduces the third season of [EDGE]ucation - Field Notes. This season, we’re talking gear—doing a deep dive on your beacons, airbags, radios, shovels and probes. Learn more about your gear and PRACTICE using it.
SLEDucation
The [EDGE]ucation you know and love just got motorized. Welcome to SLEDucation—a snowmobile-specific series of backcountry basics brought to you by avalanche educator Mike Duffy and BCA co-founder Bruce Edgerly.
[EDGE]ucation: Season 2
Backcountry Access [EDGE]ucation is back and better than ever—with a second season of no-frills backcountry education tips from BCA co-founder Bruce “Edge” Edgerly.
Read MoreElectronic Interference in a Nutshell
Cell phones, heated gloves, smart watches, and even snowmobiles can create electronic interference (EMI) that can disrupt an avalanche transceiver search--unless the searcher takes preventative action. In an encouraging collaboration this fall between manufacturers, avalanche centers, educators, and other stakeholders, a working group organized by the Canadian Avalanche Association produced a basic set of guidelines to clarify these issues to the public.
Read MoreBackcountry Access: The Origins, Part 3
We’d done it: graduated from Bruno’s garage to a real office/warehouse space in North Boulder. But there was some work to do: the shop smelled like 20W-50 and there was still a car on blocks inside, without a transmission. In the office, an old search warrant was laying on the floor. Our neighbors included the Boulder Homeless Shelter and the Bustop Gentleman’s Club (a.k.a. strip joint). Our new space in this glamorous neighborhood would be Mission Control for our launch of Tracker DTS, the world’s first digital avalanche transceiver.