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Light no longer means plastic.
In the never-ending quest to save precious ounces pack a shovel that’s strong enough to save a precious life. Our oval shaft and 6061-series aluminum blade give BCA shovels the greatest strength-to-weight ratio in the backcountry--especially when used in conjunction with our integrated Companion Probe.

Why Aluminum?
Most avalanche professionals agree that aluminum shovels are far superior to plastic shovels for avalanche rescue because aluminum cuts better, digs faster and is less likely to break.

What's your partner carrying?

Companion rescue is the search for a buried person within your own party. Like the Tracker DTS, our Traverse, Tour and Companion systems are optimized for use by recreationists performing companion rescue. They are light, strong, packable, and easy to deploy.


Wolfgang Huhn digs at Dachstein Glacier where BCA trained its European distributors and their reps.

Traverse EXT | Tour | Tour System | Companion | Chugach Pro

Traverse™ EXT Shovel

Our stand-alone, strong & light extendable shovel.

  • Super-strong oval shaft
  • T-grip
  • Extendable only
  • 6061-series aluminum blade with oval ferrule
  • Collapsed length: 23.75in/60cm
  • Extended length: 30.5in/77.5cm
  • Weight: 21oz/598g
  • Does not accommodate Companion Probe

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Tour™ Shovel

 

Our lightest, most compact shovel.

  • Super-strong oval shaft with T-grip
  • Fixed-length
  • 6061-series aluminum blade with oval ferrule
  • Length: 24.75in/62.87cm
  • Weight: 16oz/454g
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Tour™ Shovel Systems

Tour Assembly

Tour Shaft and Probe

 

Our lightest, most compact shovel/probe combination.

  • Super-strong oval shaft with T-grip
  • Fixed-length or extendable
  • 6061-series aluminum blade with oval ferrule
  • Optional stowable probe: 6ft/1.8m, 5oz/141g
  • Fixed length: 24.75in/62.87cm
  • Extended length: 34.5in/87.6cm
  • Fixed-length weight: 16oz/454g
  • Extendable weight: 23oz/652g

This shovel comes in these variations:

  • Tour shovel system
  • Tour shovel system with extension
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Companion™ Shovel

Companion Shovel

Our original integrated shovel & probe system

  • Featuring BCA's innovative Education Graphics
  • Super flat back for clean snowpit columns
  • Optimal proportions for shovel shear and compression tests
  • Super-strong oval shaft with D-grip
  • Fixed-length or extendable
  • 6061-series aluminum blade with oval ferrule
  • Reversible offset grip
  • Optional stowable probe: 6ft/1.8m, 5oz/141g
  • Fixed length: 30in/71cm
  • Extended length: 40.5in/103cm
  • Fixed-length weight: 22oz/624g
  • Extendable weight: 26oz/731g

The Companion comes in these variations:

  • Companion shovel
  • Companion shovel with extension
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Chugach Pro EXT

Our biggest, baddest digging machine

  • Extendable oval shaft with D-grip
  • Oversized blade for moving lots of snow
  • Extended length: 42in/104.5cm
  • Collapsed length: 32.5in/28.6cm
  • Weight: 38oz/1088g
  • Blade width: 12in/31cm
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