Ski Packs

Here is a great technology for avalanche victims. It's a backpack with an ava lung built into it. An ava lung is a tube that transmits your exhaust behind you so you don't build up an icy layer around your face keeping the all important oxygen out.
Narrowed it down to these two packs found at REI.


http://www.rei.com/product/791727


http://www.rei.com/product/776565

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Looking forward to skiing some more off-piste (back country)this winter. European resorts trend toward the Jackson Hole philosophy of ski out of bounds at your own risk. Mt Hood Meadows highly suggests that anyone entering Heather Canyon carry a Shovel, Probe and Beacon.
Here they are:
Shovel
Black Diamond Transfer 7 Snow Shovel
Item # 761132


Probe
Black Diamond QuickDraw Super Tour Probe - 265cm
Item # 766749


Backcountry Access Tracker Avalanche Transceiver
Item # 717163


Find them all at REI.com