Black Diamond Snowboards

Intro to Avalanche Safety

Avalanches are a risk any time you head into snow-covered mountains. Learn basic information to help you make good decisions to avoid avalanches.

How to Choose and Use an Avalanche Transceiver

Learn how to choose this safety essential for snow travelers. We cover avalanche transceiver features, use tips and trailhead transceiver checks.

Avalanche Safety for Snowshoers

Snowshoeing is an easy, fun and relatively low-risk winter activity—as long as you follow a few basic guidelines about avoiding avalanches.

Avalanche Rescue Overview

This overview of topics covered in an avalanche rescue class introduces essential skills such as searching, probing and digging for a buried victim.

Off-Piste Snowboarding Techniques

Become more confident carving turns down off-piste terrain by learning two key snowboarding techniques: nose rolls and leapers.

Avalanche Awareness

This series covers the basics of avalanches, how to read an avalanche forecast, how to identify avalanche terrain and rescue basics.