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.
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.
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 education in the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland or Italy. Find an avalanche course here.
Get the forecast! Please check in with one of the North American, EU or southern hemi avalanche centers for backcountry travel advisories listed here.
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.