Tracker avalanche beacons, shovels, probes, Float airbags and BC Link group communication radios.

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.

In episode one, "Wrangling Montana Cold Smoke with the Bozeman Crew," BCA athletes change their plans after reading the avalanche forecast and head to southwest Montana's Gallatin Range.

In episode two, "Chasing BC Pillows with the Canadian Hosers," the BCA sled crew snowmobile to some stellar backcountry skiing in Stewart, BC, after taking the measures to test snow stability.

In episode three, the Thunderstruck crew researches good routes that are safe to ride for the conditions. Watch and learn what all sledders need to do before heading out into the backcountry.

Get the goods without getting buried! Learn about essential avalanche safety and backcountry equipment.

Learn about essential avalanche safety training all backcountry riders need and how to keep your skills current.

Learn about how to get weather and avalanche forecasts, how to interpret the avalanche danger scale, and how to plan your day.

Get the big picture about the mountain and terrain and learn how to look for snow instability and avalanches.

Learn how to avoid terrain traps and how to help someone out of in hazardous areas.

Learn to read an avalanche forecast, use maps to plan a ski tour, and trailhead safety checks.

Learn the basic functions of an avalanche transceiver as well as precautions that skiers and snowboarders should take when travelling in backcountry terrain.

BCA sled ambassador and avalanche safety educator Mike Duffy demonstrates the basic functions of an avalanche transceiver and specific precautions for snowmobilers.

In this video, we review the avalanche transceiver techniques and BCA Tracker modes that can be used to solve multiple burials in avalanche terrain.

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.

BCA ambassador and American Avalanche Institute (AAI) co-owner Sarah Carpenter shows how to administer first aid to an avalanche victim.

BCA ambassador and American Avalanche Institute (AAI) co-owner Sarah Carpenter shows how to evacuate an injured avalanche victim from the backcountry safely.

This video, produced by the National Avalanche Center, illustrates the ins-and-outs of the North American Avalanche Danger Scale.

Watch how to install a BCA Float™ 2.0 cylinder and how to repack the airbag for the fastest deployment.

Watch video to learn how to safely install accessories like the BC Link radio into our BCA Float™ 2.0 avalanche airbags.

Watch video to learn how to install and uninstall the BCA Float™ 2.0 avalanche airbag system. 

Watch this video to learn how to maintain your Float airbag compressed air cylinder and how to prepare it for air travel.

This video takes you through the steps to remove and install your BCA Float avalanche airbag system.

This video shows you how to install a BCA Float avalanche airbag air cylinder.

This video shows you how to repack your Float avalanche airbag.

This video shows you how to install BC Link radio cord, airbag trigger cable and/or hydration hose into a BCA Float avalanche airbag pack and shoulder sleeve.

This video shows you how to install accessories such as a BC Link™ radio or hydration hose in our Float™ MtnPro Vest avalanche airbag models.

This video provide instructions to authorized BCA refill on how to prepare Float 1.0 and 2.0 compressed air cylinders before refilling.

This video provide instructions to authorized BCA refill on how to refill Float air cylinders using two 3,000-psi SCUBA tanks and the BCA Dealer Float Refill Center Kit.

BCA Sled Ambassador Mike Duffy presents snowmobile backcountry safety protocol - avalanche safety education for the snowmobile crowd.

BCA sled ambassador Mike Duffy demonstrates the best ways to use a snowmobile during an avalanche transceiver search.

Learn the steps needed to perform an avalanche transceiver trailhead check with snowmobiles and how to ensure everyone's beacons are working correctly.

Learn the steps needed to perform an avalanche transceiver trailhead test and how to ensure everyone's beacons are working correctly before heading out on the trail.

Watch this video to learn how and when to use special (SP) mode on a BCA Tracker2 avalanche transceivers.

In this video, we show you how and when to use the Signal Suppression (SS) mode on a BCA Tracker3 avalanche transceiver.

In this video, we review how and when to use the Big Picture (BP) mode on a Tracker3 avalanche transceiver.

This video provides directions on how and why to use the auto revert (AR) mode on a BCA Tracker avalanche transceiver.

Watch this video to learn the advanced avalanche transceiver search techniques you can use for multiple avalanche burials.

Watch this video to review the methods that will help you pass the avalanche transceiver portion of a guiding exam.

Learn how to convert the D-2 EXT avalanche shovel from it's hoe mode to traditional shovel mode.

Watch video to learn how to calibrate your analog thermometer for accurate readings of snow and air temperatures in the backcountry.

Watch video to learn how to trim climbing skins to the correct length and sidecut width for your skis.

Hunter Schleper receives radio alert to dodge this avalanche. Amazing video - listen and watch what happens.

Rahlves decision to pull his BCA avalanche airbag saves him from falling into a crevasse and getting buried.

"The avalanche spun my sled out from under me, so I pulled my Float trigger." Listen closely to the background dialog as Richard anxiously waits for help.

“First of all in no way shape or form do I think being in an avalanche is cool or something to be proud of. It’s scary and should be avoided at all costs."

I never saw the avalanche coming. Next thing I know, I am buried two meters deep. “This is it,” I thought.

I was able to deploy my Float shortly after the crown of a snow cornice broke. Dramatic to watch.

At first I thought the avalanche was too small, but when I could not see the sky anymore, I got scared and pulled the trigger.