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Ortovox Alu 240 PFA Argent
  • Recommended price

    £59.06

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    £47.23
Ortovox Beast Pc Safety Blue Ortovox Alu 240 PFA Argent 10% off
  • Recommended price

    £118.12

    -22%

    £91.73
Ortovox Badger Safety Blue Ortovox Alu 240 PFA Argent 10% off
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    £104.47

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    £82.63

The Badger Safety Blue is a sturdy and efficient Ortovox aluminium snow shovel with raised edges and an ergonomic handle. Simple and robust construction.

BCA Stealth 240 BCA Stealth 240
  • £49.96

BCA's Stealth 240 2017 is an avalanche probe with a reinforced tip to get through snowpack and ice debris more easily. Perfect probe for ski touring.

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  • BCA Sonde Stealth 240 Profil
Black Diamond Shovel Transfer Hyper Red OverviewBlack Diamond Probe Quickdraw Pro Probe 240 Black Green Overview 10% off
  • Recommended price

    £104.47

    -5%

    £99.10

Ergonomic and robust, the Black Diamond Transfer Hyper Red avalanche snow shovel is equipped with a telescopic handle and an anodized blade whose design is redesigned for a better analysis of the snow cover.

BCA Shovel Dozer 1T Blue OverviewBCA Stealth 240 10% off
  • Recommended price

    £104.47

    -14%

    £89.00

The Backcountry Access Dozer 1T Blue Avalanche Rescue Shovel can be deployed very quickly and can also be used to make cuts in the snow to analyze its quality

Arva Access Ts Red Arva Spark 240 Silver 10% off
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    £109.02

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    £106.38
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Arva Plume Ts Black Arva Spark 240 Silver 10% off
  • Recommended price

    £127.22

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    £124.58

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Black Diamond Probe Quickdraw Pro Probe 240 Black Green OverviewBlack Diamond Probe Quickdraw Pro Probe 240 Black Green Side
  • £49.96

The Black Diamond Quickdraw Probe 240 Black Green avalanche transducer has a cm scale that allows you to see the depth of the avalanche at a glance

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  • Black Diamond Sonde Quickdraw Pro Probe 240 Black Green Présentation
Arva Access Red Arva Spark 240 Silver 10% off
  • Recommended price

    £99.92

    -2%

    £97.28
Black Diamond Shovel Deploy Octane OverviewBlack Diamond Probe Quickdraw Pro Probe 240 Black Green Overview 10% off
  • Recommended price

    £118.12

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    £112.02

The Deploy 7 is a sturdy and practical Black Diamond snow shovel with a trapezoidal handle that saves valuable time during assembly

Ortovox Shovel Kodiak Safety Blue OverviewOrtovox Alu 240 PFA Argent
  • Recommended price

    £149.97

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    £119.94

The Kodiak Safety Blue is a formidable Ortovox snow shovel. It is as strong as it is efficient. Its unique pick mode allows you to attack the snow flow at high speed.

Ortovox Shovel Kodiak Safety Blue OverviewOrtovox Alu 240 PFA Argent
  • Recommended price

    £149.97

    -20%

    £119.94

The Kodiak Safety Blue is a formidable Ortovox snow shovel. It is as strong as it is efficient. Its unique pick mode allows you to attack the snow flow at high speed.

Ortovox Pro Alu III Safety Blue Ortovox Alu 240 PFA Argent
  • Recommended price

    £140.87

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    £110.84

Along with the avalanche transceiver and the probe, the Ortovox Pro Alu III Safety Blue snow shovel is one of the essentials to have in your backpack for safe freeriding or hiking

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ABS Probe A.SSURE Sonder Dusk Overview
  • £90.91

Composed of 7 parts that fit into each other and are tensioned by a Dyneema cable, the ABS A.SSURE Sonder Dusk probe allows you to find an avalanche victim

Arva Access 240 Arva Access 240
  • £45.41

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Arva Arva Pro Arva Spark 240 Silver 10% off
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    £118.12

    -13%

    £102.74
Mammut Probe Probe 240 Short Vibrant Orange OverviewMammut Probe Probe 240 Short Vibrant Orange Side
  • £59.06

The Mammut Probe 240 Short rescue probe is an essential tool for mountain safety. It features 7 segments made of aluminum, guaranteeing both strength and lightness. The telescopic locking system ensures quick and reliable insertion in case of emergency. The probe segments are stable and lightweight, enabling easy handling. What's more, the probe is graduated, offering precise depth reading when searching. The locking cord is designed for durability and strength, ensuring that the probe stays in place once deployed. The supplied pouch is not only convenient for storage, but also incorporates an emergency plan, providing crucial information in the event of an accident. What's more, it's certified to UIAA 157, attesting to its compliance with international safety standards.

Features of the Mammut Probe 240 Short:

  • Cut: Basic
  • Number of segments: 7
  • Material: 100% Aluminum
  • Locking system: telescopic lock
  • Stable, lightweight probe segments
  • Graduated probe
  • Durable, heavy-duty locking cord
  • Practical case with integrated emergency plan
  • Diameter: 10.75 mm
  • Folded length 38 cm
  • Deployed length: 240 cm
  • Weight: 280 g
  • Certification: UIAA label 157
Colour
  • Mammut Sonde Probe 240 Short Vibrant Orange Présentation

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Buyer’s guide for snow probes

It doesn’t matter if you are more into freeriding or into touring, both are subject to avalanches and both require avalanche safety equipment.The first and most important recommendation is to be cautious. But sometimes, you can be as cautious as you want, the unforeseeable happens and in this case, you want to have everything you may need. If most riders automatically think of the beacon which will help others locate you if you are caught in an avalanche, you also need a shovel and a probe if it’s the other way around and if you need to look for a victim.

How to pick a probe?

Probes are often built the same way regardless of the brand. Basically, they are made of several steel sections linked by a metallic wire. When you asemble all the sections together and pull the wire to keep them locked, you get a long stick with a length varying from 2 meters to 2.7 meters depending on the models. If you are not limited by the size and you don’t mind carrying a few extra gramms go for the longer ones, you never know, it can always be useful.

Have you thought about our avalanche safety package?

If you want to get all bundled up and have your own custom equipment, you can either buy the elements separately or you can go for a package offered by the main brands and generally including probe, shovel and beacon. The main difference between the cheapest and most expensive packages comes mainly from the beacon. Low-end packages generally include a basic beacon when high-end packages come with beacons featuring the latest technologies such as the multi-victim search function. Shovels upgrade as well, made of plastic in the least expensive cases they become made of aluminium as the price goes higher. Probes remain more or less the same. The most expensive ones are a bit lighter with more sections to take less room in the bag.

How to use a snow probe?

When you have located the victim with the beacon and you got your probe out, you need to start probing from the center of the cross you draw with the beacon. Probe every 30cm and follow the shape of an expanding concentric circle. It is the most effective method up to date. The marking on the probe tells you how deep the victim is burried. Then, use your shovel and dig in a V shape towards the victim. This will give you enough room for excavation. Shoveling is the most energy-consuming stage of the rescue. Dig steady and fast. If it is many of you searching, swap with your friends to rest a little and be effective when you dig out. The best tip we can give is to practice as much as you can.

So, before you go out there and explore the backcountry, put a probe in your backapck!