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Route Planning and Safety

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Snow Avalanche avoidance begins with careful route planning. Each planned route involves important safety considerations and exploratory tests. No route is without risks. The information below is basic and not comprehensive. It is intended as an outline of the main dangers and precautions that can be taken.

In addition to selecting routes with less risks, every trip plan needs to consider weather and avalanche forecasts. Weather conditions leading up to the planned event must be monitored and existing snowpack conditions need to be considered.

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It is common for skiers and snowshoers to find avalanche debris that occurred when the slope was less stable. Wet slides such as this one are often shallow and slow moving.
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Product Notice for Pieps DSP Sport and Pieps DSP Pro Avalanche Transceivers

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UPDATE: After the initial correspondence and information about possible product defects, Pieps issued a voluntary recall on Apr 12, 2021. The recall email is at the end of this post.

You may have heard some controversy about the switch failing on the Pieps DSP Sport Avalanche Transceivers, especially when used incorrectly. There are now many videos showing the issues, such as this one. Pieps is a company owned by Black Diamond. I received a letter from REI (below) and have decided to post it here for anyone who may find it of interest. It includes an important Instagram safety video link (https://www.instagram.com/p/CGT6EzAlgLn/) from Pieps. If you’re using an older Pieps Transceiver, watch this video because it provides important use and inspection information about the devices that every user needs to know.

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