Monthly Archives: August 2011

BCA Float 18 wins Freeskier Editor’s Pick

Freeskier has given the BCA Float 18 avalanche airbag their 2011 Editor’s Pick Award.

Dramatic father-son T2 rescue in NZ

In a dramatic avalanche rescue in New Zealand, a 19-year-old Queenstown teenager rescued his father with an avalanche rescue transceiver.

TGR’s Almost Live sneak preview: Daron Rahlves charging Alaska lines (with Float 18)

The Backcountry Access (BCA) Float 18 avalanche airbag is seen in action on the likes of Sage Cattabriga-Alosa and Daron Rahlves in this trailer for Teton Gravity Research’s “One for the Road” feature film which drops September 15.

Miracle in La Baqueira: first-hand account of a Tracker rescue in Spain

Fer Barrios recounts his rescue last season in the Catalon Pyrenees of Spain using his Tracker DTS avalanche transceiver.

Rowdy couloir descent in Las Lenas

BCA penpal Aimar Valls sent us some rowdy footage of the Hourglass Couloir in Las Lenas.

Sweetgrass Drops ‘Solitaire’ Trailer

That’s right, it’s that time of year again. Trailer season is fully upon on us as production teams from around the globe drop footage that tells the story of the year in review. Here is the long awaited trailer from Sweetgrass Productions.  After 2 years of filming in remote South American locations the team is ready to share their adventures with the world. Stay tuned for more trailers as they come in!

SOLITAIRE: A Backcountry Skiing, Snowboarding, and Telemark Film from Sweetgrass Productions

In the high desert of South America, winter takes hold, devouring bleached bones and abandoned shacks. Into these most inhospitable of lands, a handful of drifters emerge… Read more

The Alpine Trekker: From Farm to Table

BCA’s Alpine Trekker ski touring adaptors are now being made at our shop in Boulder, Colorado. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how they’re made.

Beating the Summer Heat South American Style

Below is a guest blog from skier and guide Donny Roth. Donny is the owner of Alpine Ambitions and is currently in South America filming and living it up with the Solitaire peeps. The snow has finally started to fall in the Southern hemisphere and the stokeage is high! Stay tuned for additional updates from down South.

Beating the Summer Heat South American Style- by Donny Roth

I was still in elementary school when I first saw Warren Miller’s Steep and Deep. Even then Warren Miller’s films were more entertaining than inspirational. Greg Stump’s Blizzard of Ahhhs came out when I was in middle school. Those images and the antics… Read more

Dick Howe Talks about His First Avalanche-in the early 1940′s

No beacons, no probes, no shovels. One death and one near miss.

I was talking to a guy the other day about backcountry skiing and he used the phrase “back in the day…” and he was about 35 years old. This is the real deal from “back in the day:”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La21cqYJnWU&feature=related[yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La21cqYJnWU&feature=related']… Read more