PSIA-AASI Official Supplier Backcountry Access (BCA) is renowned for its innovative, top-of-the-line off-piste safety equipment, from avalanche transceivers, avalanche airbags, probe poles, and shovels to two-way radios.
But the brand knows the gear can’t help you if you don’t know how to use it, and even more importantly, if you don’t know how to analyze the terrain and conditions when you’re riding wild snow.
Just this week, in an e-mail titled, “Back to Basics,” BCA outlined the essential gear – and mindset – you need every time you travel past the ski area boundary line.
“Backpack on, beacon, shovel, probe – check. Your first backcountry kit, made simple,” the e-mail reads. “Whether you are kitting out yourself or someone else for the first time, we are here to make it easy with a selection of Stash™ backpacks, the NEW simplified Tracker™ S beacon, Stealth™ 270 probe, and Dozer™ 1T shovel. Get the gear, practice using it, and nail your first trailhead check before you enter the backcountry this year.”
The good news for snow pros ready to begin their backcountry adventure, or longtime students of off-piste riding, is that they can shop member-pricing on all the essential BCA gear.
Top picks include:
Tracker 4 Avalanche Transceiver
Featuring a bombproof design with no-nonsense functionality, the 4 has an easy-to-use LED screen, over-molded case for long-term durability, and a harness and batteries.
Tracker 4 Avalanche Rescue Set
Along with the Tracker 4 transceiver, the Rescue Set includes an extendable B-1 EXT avalanche shovel and quick-deploying Stealth 270 avalanche probe.
Dozer 1T Shovel
Featuring a redesigned blade construction that is lighter and more durable than ever before, this shovel fits in most backcountry packs.
BCA Link 2.0 Two-Way Radio
This essential piece of outdoor equipment has two watts of power for more usable range, a Smart Mic grill impervious to packing with snow, and an on/off channel selection dial switch protected from inadvertent channel changing.
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