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Along with a beacon, the AvaLung II is the most important piece of life-saving equipment you can wear when traveling in avalanche terrain. Weighing in at less than a pound, the AvaLung II offers critical oxygen intake that buys you precious time while buried under snow. Designed to extract air...

The Transfer 7 Shovel has an optimized extended shaft length for increased comfort and efficiency when digging a pit or making a snow cave... For the demands of mountain professionals and serious backcountry skiers, the ultra-strong aluminum blade of the Transfer shovel facilitates maximum snow removal in the smallest footprint...

The Black Diamond Deploy 7 shovel is the fastest loading and locking shovels out there. Built for backcountry travelers and first responders, these shovels deploy instantaneously for emergency situations Utilizing a trapezoidal, curved-shaft design, they provide rotation-free, fast activation with the squeeze of a spring pin For integrated storage the...

This nine-ounce shoulder sling allows you to breathe fresh air directly from the snowpack and diverts exhausted, carbon dioxide-rich air away from your fresh-air intake zone. The non-integrated AvaLung II is ideal if you're partial to a certain non-AvaLung pack or just want the versatility. The AvaLung II is proven...

For cutting snow or cutting the rope the Flicklock Snow Saw is everything you need and more... Strong and versatile, the FlickLock Snow Saw makes clean Rutschblock or shovel shear cuts for your snowpit, either handheld or attached to a ski pole. Small teeth saw through tough soft-ice layers and...

Black Diamond's Micro Adze gives your ice tool the stance-cutting, bivy-chopping performance you need for big alpine routes without a take-off-your-scalp size that scares you on steep ice. When alpine season comes around, take the hammer off your Black Diamond ice tool, switch it out with the Micro Adze, and...

The best way to keep you skins sticking and climbing like new is to religously use these cheat sheets Keep your skin glue fresh and clean by sandwiching this synthetic mesh panel between the sticky sides of your skins Extra-wide skins will peel away from Cheat Sheets much easier than...

Because we know the difficulty in finding good skin tip loops for your biger and bigger backcountry skis Durable and secure, the Tip Loop skin attachments withstand abuse from striking submerged rocks to breaking windslab They use a reversible, double bar design to fit a wide range of ski tips...

The perfect probe for guides and deep snowpacks, Black Diamonds QuickDraw Guide Probe 300 is long and strong for reliable information gathering and emergency use. The QuickDraw design and rapid deployment stuff sack make the probe an extremely fast reacting tool when every second counts. f09 avy QuickDraw adjustment with...

Black Diamond's Quickdraw Tour Probe 190 is for the weight-conscious or those who need an emergency probe in familiar terrain. The small size works for you in shallow snowpacks and light snowpits, and the QuickDraw system is the same one designed for all of BD's guide-worthy probes. QuickDraw adjustment with...

Check out the Black Diamond Deploy 3 Shovel if you want a design that's light, small, fast, and simple. Couloir Magazine was so impressed they gave it their 2006 Degisn Innovations Award. The Deploy 3 Shovel's handle collapses into the blade for a tiny 17.3in package that's entirely self-contained. Just...

This transfer allows you to remove old glue and revive tired skins to like-new status Comes with detailed instructions We always recommend that you buy new skins when needed, but if you need to go budget, these renew strips work great Stop sliding back and renew your skins with the...

For skiers who count every gram, this lightweight probe reduces weight without sacrificing the strength or stiffness necessary for slicing through ice chunks and setup snow. Featuring our new QuickDraw system, the Carbon Fiber 230 incorporates a rapid deployment stuffsack, speed cone ferules to accelerate assembly and a non-slip grip....

Consider a probe an absolute essential, not simply an accessory. Arm yourself with one of the best with the Black Diamond QuickDraw Super Tour probe. QuickDraw system combines with new speed cone ferrules for fast deployment and a tough, smooth outer surface that cuts through hard snow Excellent weight-to-length ratio...

Optimizing extended shaft length for increased comfort and efficiency, the Transfer shovels are ideal for backcountry travelers who dig pits regularly for snowpack analysis. The removable, trapezoidal shafts extend to 86 cm (34 in) on the Transfer 7 and 84 cm (33 in) on the Transfer 3. Our unique hybrid...