How to Build a Backcountry Repair Kit
In this video, you will learn how to build a backcountry repair kit and what you should pack in your backpack to ensure you can return home safely, and don't have to spend a night out unintentionally!
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.
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How to Fix Common Snowmobile Problems in the Field
This video provides instructions on how to fix common snowmobile problems in the field: overheating, siphoning fuel, starting with a dead battery or broken recoil starter, and how to tow a damaged sled. Backcountry Access makes essential avalanche safety gear for snowmobilers, including the popular Float MtnPro avalanche airbag, MtnPro Tunnel Bag, BC Link two-way radios, Tracker avalanche beacons, and BCA probes and shovels.
Read MoreBCA MtnPro Tunnel Bag: How to Install on a Ski-Doo snowmobile.
BCA's Bruce Edgerly shows you what hardware you need and how to install a MtnPro tunnel bag on the tunnel of a Ski-Doo snowmobile.
Read MoreBCA MtnPro Tunnel Bag: How to Install on a Polaris Snowmobile
In this video, BCA Ambassador Will Mook of The Mountain Riding Lab in Jackson, Wyoming shows us how to install a MtnPro Tunnel Bag on a Polaris Snowmobile.
Read MoreHow to Program your BC Link™ 2.0 Radios
Learn how to program preset channels and use the more detailed features of both the BC Link 2.0 and BC Link 1.0 radios to improve communication and safety when traveling in the backcountry.
BC LINK™ RADIOS: NEVER ALONE (VIDEO)
Backcountry skiers and snowmobilers unite as the BCA team shows best practices in the field for using BC Link radios for group management, avalanche safety, and backcountry rescue.
Avalanche Courses
Avalanche education in the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland or Italy. Find an avalanche course here.
Avalanche Forecasts
Get the forecast! Please check in with one of the North American, EU or southern hemi avalanche centers for backcountry travel advisories listed here.
Avalanche Rescue - Beacon Searching 101 (Video)
Having an avalanche transceiver is only valuable if you know how to use one. Learn the basics of beacon searching with the BCA.