A shovel is the most basic of avalanche safety tools. Off-Piste magazine says a new K2 model has several features that make it useful beyond rescue situations.

This rescue package from Backcountry Access (BCA) ... and the Dozer 1T avalanche shovel that weighs barely over one pound and collapses down to just over 15 inches.

In 2007 and 2008, he carried out an infamous field test that revealed many of the most expensive rescue shovels to be flimsy tools, ... a longtime avalanche-rescue specialist in Colorado.

Backcountry Access D-2 EXT. The Shovel: Digging is generally the most underrated, time-intensive portion of a rescue. Once-fluffy powder sets up like concrete after a slide, and quickly. The ...

A group of mountaineers saw a waving glove in the snow and sprang into action.

Like other backcountry avalanche shovels, the K2 Rescue Shovel Plus Ice Axe – we'll go with K2's nickname "Shaxe" from here on out – uses a multi-part design.

A few weeks ago I set off to ski the north couloir on Feather Peak, deep in the heart of the Eastern Sierra. Feather is eight miles back and nearly 7,000 vertical feet from a trailhead.

On Monday, a call was placed for an avalanche rescue in the high country. It was the 25th call this year to the Alpine Rescue Team, but this call was rare.

students head into the snow to practice using the three core tools of avalanche rescue probes, shovels, and beacons. LEARNING HOW TO USE MY BEACON. I BOUGHT ONE LAST YEAR AND I WASN’T QUITE SURE ...

Members of Summit County Rescue Group practice their transceiver search skills at the avalanche rescue training park at the Frisco Adventure Park on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Summit County Rescue ...