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- If you recreate in snowy backcountry terrain, an avalanche transceiver is an essential safety device—along with a probe and shovel
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- Analog or digital: Most modern transceivers are digital; some are both digital and analog
- Multiple burials: Allows searchers to detect more than one buried person; most offer this feature
- Marking function: Lets a searcher to mark the location of a buried person so they can search for another one
- Display screen: Displays direction and distance to a buried person
- Range: Listed in meters (typically 40-70m), the circular range at which one transceiver can detect another
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