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£36.33 (ex Vat) Outdoor Climbing Avalanche Deploy 3 Shovel Black Diamond
Deploy 3 Shovel
This lightweight shovel features a durable aluminium blade that will penetrate ice, it is also curved along with shaft for rounding off the walls of a snow hole. The handle features a T-Grip for comfort and eff...

£34.85 (inc Vat)
£29.04 (ex Vat) Outdoor Climbing Avalanche Flicklock Snow Saw Black Diamond
Flicklock Snow Saw
A 35cm blade snow saw for cutting blocks of snow igloo and other shelter buidling. It has a Black Diamond's flick lock which allows the saw to be attached to the middle section of Black Diamond poles which goes...

£331.49 (inc Vat)
£276.24 (ex Vat) Outdoor Climbing Avalanche PULSE Barryvox Avalanche Transceiver Mammut
PULSE Barryvox Avalanche Transceiver

£30.50 (inc Vat)
£25.42 (ex Vat) Outdoor Climbing Avalanche QD Tour Probe 190 Black Diamond
QD Tour Probe 190
This probe is ideal for the UK where snowpacks are generally thinner or for lightweight Alpine tours where low weight is essential. Weighs 233g and is 190cm long. Shows 5cm markings for accurate readings and ha...

£46.00 (inc Vat)
£38.33 (ex Vat) Outdoor Climbing Avalanche Steel Blade Shovel Grivel
Steel Blade Shovel
A shovel which mates perfectly with the Munro and some of the other axes from Grivel. It's very light (450g), fits onto the end of your axe so has a good handle length, but can be used with it's own fixed handl...

£43.60 (inc Vat)
£36.33 (ex Vat) Outdoor Climbing Avalanche SuperTour Probe 265 Black Diamond
SuperTour Probe 265
This probe is better for deeper snowpacks on Alpine tours. Weighs 300g and is 265cm long. Shows 5cm markings for accurate readings and has its own carry bag with clipping point.

£34.85 (inc Vat)
£29.04 (ex Vat) Outdoor Climbing Avalanche Transfer 3 Shovel Black Diamond
Transfer 3 Shovel
The extending handle on this shovel is easy and quick to use, and the shaped metal blade is capable of shifting a lot of snow. Lightweight and easy to stow, this is an expedition essential.

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Avalanches can strike you when you are carrying out any pursuit (even drinking coffee in a valley cafe in the Alps in winter), but the people that tend come into conflict with them the most are climbers and ski-mountaineers.

As you won't be able to buy any of these items straight after you have been avalanched (wap phones don't work under 10ft of snow) it's worthwhile being prepared. Anyone skiing off piste should be carrying a tranceiver like the M2 from Ortovox or the Mammut Pulse Barryvox, and they are something that could be recommended to all winter mountaineers.

Black Diamond's Avalung is a great tool for helping you to breath if you do have the misfortune to find yourself avalanched. It helps extract air from the snowpack and expels carbon dioxide into a different area of the snowpack to reduce ice masking and CO2 poisoning. For full detailed info and some interesting statistics on surviving avalanches click here.

Any climbers heading into the mountains for a prolonged stay will more than likely be expecting to build some form of snow shelter, if not a full-on cave. You'll need a light, strong and compact snow shove like the Black Diamond Deploy 3 or Transfer 3. If you carry a Grivel Munro or similar walking axe with a straight shaft, you can save weight by combining it with a Grivel Steel Shovel Blade to make an effective snow shovel. A good shovel will also come in handy for digging out avalanche casualties.

Other useful equipment for casualties and rescuers can be found in our First Aid and Emergency section. If you want to learn more about avalanche risk and avoidance, see our range of Instructional Books.

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