On your tour through untouched snowy landscapes, you should always have safety equipment with you and be prepared for an avalanche that appears out of nowhere. Better safe than sorry. Avalanche backpacks are specially designed to meet the needs of longer snowboard and ski tours that take place off-piste. These backpacks offer you practical transport & stowage options as well as additional protection from sudden avalanches. In ice and snow, special compartments for shovel and probe are required, which are easily accessible from the outside and can be opened quickly in case of emergency. Avalanche backpacks. Backpacks constitute the simplest and safest method of self-protection. The special mechanism of the special avalanche backpacks, can significantly improve the chances of survival in case of emergency. In many cases, an avalanche backpack can ensure your own survival and that of your touring partners and should therefore be an integral part of any freeride and ski touring equipment.
AVALANCHE BACKPACKS FOR MORE SAFETY WHEN TOURING Avalanche backpacks & avalanche airbags On your tour through untouched snowy landscapes, you should always have safety equipment with you... learn more »
On your tour through untouched snowy landscapes, you should always have safety equipment with you and be prepared for an avalanche that appears out of nowhere. Better safe than sorry. Avalanche backpacks are specially designed to meet the needs of longer snowboard and ski tours that take place off-piste. These backpacks offer you practical transport & stowage options as well as additional protection from sudden avalanches. In ice and snow, special compartments for shovel and probe are required, which are easily accessible from the outside and can be opened quickly in case of emergency. Avalanche backpacks. Backpacks constitute the simplest and safest method of self-protection. The special mechanism of the special avalanche backpacks, can significantly improve the chances of survival in case of emergency. In many cases, an avalanche backpack can ensure your own survival and that of your touring partners and should therefore be an integral part of any freeride and ski touring equipment.
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THE AVALANCHE BACKPACK: MADE FOR SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS IN ICE AND SNOW
Unlike travel and trekking backpacks, which are characterized primarily by a large volume for a lot of equipment, avalanche backpacks have to be as compact as possible and withstand the severe conditions of ice and snow. Likewise, these backpacks are specifically built to make it as uncomplicated as possible to reach for avalanche equipment such as a probe in an emergency. A good avalanche backpack will also have multiple attachment points to store helmet, rope and ice axe for example, if this is part of your equipment.
Through these features, you might assume that yet a climbing backpack is very similar to an avalanche backpack, but these snow backpacks do not have a lid pocket and can not be opened to the full length.
Standard backpacks for snowboarders and skiers usually have multiple compartments and are generally intelligently divided inside. Ergonomics and protectors round out the product functionally. However, the most important and unique selling point of avalanche backpacks are the avalanche airbags, which in the event of an avalanche ensure that you have more buoyancy and are buried less deeply or remain visible on the surface.
HOW DOES THE AVALANCHE BACKPACK WORK?
The basic principle of an avalanche backpack is based on the paranus effect, which helps you counteract burial under the snow masses of avalanches. When the airbag is released, it is filled with air, creating a large but very light mass that is directly on your body. This mass helps you float amidst many small but much heavier particles - in this case, the snow of the avalanche. The goal of the pack is to get you to the surface as best you can. The closer the buried person is to the surface, the easier it is to find and retrieve them.
What size backpack makes sense for me?
When it comes to the volume of the avalanche backpack, you can choose in fine increments between models from 15 to 45 liters - which size is ideal for you depends primarily on what you intend to do and where you want to go.
Models between 15 and 20 liters are best suited if you're going on fast, minimalist tours or if you're an athlete looking for a small backpack that won't hinder you with its weight and size during your runs and sessions.
Good all-rounders are backpacks in the range of 25 and 30 liters. These are compact, impede only minimally to not at all on the descent and offer enough storage space for longer ski and snowshoe tours.
Anything over 30 liters is less suitable for day trips or fast descents. This volume is geared toward tourers who run multi-day tours or for a single porter who carries gear for several people.
Avalanche backpack weight: What do I need to consider?
If your avalanche backpack gets in your way, or is too much of a burden for you, you won't wear it and will leave it at home all the time. So even the best protection is useless, so make sure you don't leave out the weight factor when buying for your expeditions into the backcountry. In practice, the lighter your equipment is, the more likely you are to take all of it with you. Your avalanche backpack will be on your back when you actually need it.
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The total weight of many cartridge systems is given by the manufacturer without the weight of the cartridge. To have a realistic comparison, you have to add the cartridges accordingly, depending on the material of the cartridge (steel, aluminum, carbon) there can be bigger differences.
Note: Avalanche backpacks, for which a cartridge is necessary, are usually delivered without the same (when buying necessarily pay attention). For electric systems, the indicated weight is also the total weight. The backpacks from BCA in our offer are specially configured for avalanche protection and can be equipped with the accessories such as shovels or probes. The cartridge can be mounted as desired. So the backpack can also be used without it.
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Avalanche backpacks for women & children
Since avalanche backpacks are very expensive to manufacture, they do not have such a wide selection of special children's or women's models. Nevertheless, the common backpacks with the different sizes can also be used for children and women.
Accessories for the avalanche backpack
Nevertheless: The avalanche backpack should complement the touring equipment, by no means replace it! If you're out in the backcountry, you should still have an avalanche transceiver on your body and an avalanche shovel and avalanche probe in your backpack. In addition, alpine know-how is also extremely important. A beginner's course forms the basis for behavior and rescue operations in the event of an avalanche. Good training and experience to correctly assess a slope, its snow conditions and the associated risk are taught in the workshops and the use of snow study tools is taught. To complete your equipment, at Brettsport you will also find various special tools such as the indispensable avalanche shovel, suitable for the avalanche backpacks and tools for avalanche forecasting and snow analysis.
THE AVALANCHE BACKPACK: MADE FOR SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS IN ICE AND SNOW
Unlike travel and trekking backpacks, which are characterized primarily by a large volume for a lot of equipment, avalanche backpacks have to be as compact as possible and withstand the severe conditions of ice and snow. Likewise, these backpacks are specifically built to make it as uncomplicated as possible to reach for avalanche equipment such as a probe in an emergency. A good avalanche backpack will also have multiple attachment points to store helmet, rope and ice axe for example, if this is part of your equipment.
Through these features, you might assume that yet a climbing backpack is very similar to an avalanche backpack, but these snow backpacks do not have a lid pocket and can not be opened to the full length.
Standard backpacks for snowboarders and skiers usually have multiple compartments and are generally intelligently divided inside. Ergonomics and protectors round out the product functionally. However, the most important and unique selling point of avalanche backpacks are the avalanche airbags, which in the event of an avalanche ensure that you have more buoyancy and are buried less deeply or remain visible on the surface.
HOW DOES THE AVALANCHE BACKPACK WORK?
The basic principle of an avalanche backpack is based on the paranus effect, which helps you counteract burial under the snow masses of avalanches. When the airbag is released, it is filled with air, creating a large but very light mass that is directly on your body. This mass helps you float amidst many small but much heavier particles - in this case, the snow of the avalanche. The goal of the pack is to get you to the surface as best you can. The closer the buried person is to the surface, the easier it is to find and retrieve them.
What size backpack makes sense for me?
When it comes to the volume of the avalanche backpack, you can choose in fine increments between models from 15 to 45 liters - which size is ideal for you depends primarily on what you intend to do and where you want to go.
Models between 15 and 20 liters are best suited if you're going on fast, minimalist tours or if you're an athlete looking for a small backpack that won't hinder you with its weight and size during your runs and sessions.
Good all-rounders are backpacks in the range of 25 and 30 liters. These are compact, impede only minimally to not at all on the descent and offer enough storage space for longer ski and snowshoe tours.
Anything over 30 liters is less suitable for day trips or fast descents. This volume is geared toward tourers who run multi-day tours or for a single porter who carries gear for several people.
Avalanche backpack weight: What do I need to consider?
If your avalanche backpack gets in your way, or is too much of a burden for you, you won't wear it and will leave it at home all the time. So even the best protection is useless, so make sure you don't leave out the weight factor when buying for your expeditions into the backcountry. In practice, the lighter your equipment is, the more likely you are to take all of it with you. Your avalanche backpack will be on your back when you actually need it.
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The total weight of many cartridge systems is given by the manufacturer without the weight of the cartridge. To have a realistic comparison, you have to add the cartridges accordingly, depending on the material of the cartridge (steel, aluminum, carbon) there can be bigger differences.
Note: Avalanche backpacks, for which a cartridge is necessary, are usually delivered without the same (when buying necessarily pay attention). For electric systems, the indicated weight is also the total weight. The backpacks from BCA in our offer are specially configured for avalanche protection and can be equipped with the accessories such as shovels or probes. The cartridge can be mounted as desired. So the backpack can also be used without it.
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Avalanche backpacks for women & children
Since avalanche backpacks are very expensive to manufacture, they do not have such a wide selection of special children's or women's models. Nevertheless, the common backpacks with the different sizes can also be used for children and women.
Accessories for the avalanche backpack
Nevertheless: The avalanche backpack should complement the touring equipment, by no means replace it! If you're out in the backcountry, you should still have an avalanche transceiver on your body and an avalanche shovel and avalanche probe in your backpack. In addition, alpine know-how is also extremely important. A beginner's course forms the basis for behavior and rescue operations in the event of an avalanche. Good training and experience to correctly assess a slope, its snow conditions and the associated risk are taught in the workshops and the use of snow study tools is taught. To complete your equipment, at Brettsport you will also find various special tools such as the indispensable avalanche shovel, suitable for the avalanche backpacks and tools for avalanche forecasting and snow analysis.
