by Jacob Urban | Feb 11, 2019 | Enhance Your Backcountry
-Several winters ago @tetoncountysar was called out to respond to a party of overdue skiers in Teton Pass. Conditions weren’t favorable. It was nighttime, the height of a severe winter storm, deep snow and elevated avalanche conditions. We did have enough information...
by Jacob Urban | Feb 11, 2019 | Enhance Your Backcountry
-What in my pack? —Specifically this is what is always in the bottom of my pack. I train incessantly on how to implement these items and hope to never use them. – –Here’s the gear list and their uses. –1. First Aid Kit ⛑ To see a complete list...
by Jacob Urban | Feb 11, 2019 | Enhance Your Backcountry
Do you have the right type of communications? -The two words ‘information’ and ‘communication’ are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through. —Sydney...
by Jacob Urban | Jan 3, 2019 | Enhance Your Backcountry
–The third reason I carry a tarp—While injuries generally follow being caught, carried and buried in an avalanche it’s not the only way to get hurt in the backcountry. Snow sports and lower leg injuries are nearly synonymous. — –Thus a plan for...
by Jacob Urban | Dec 19, 2018 | Enhance Your Backcountry
Prep work for the tarp overlay –Have you practiced your unplanned night out?—Earlier this week I mentioned that my most bestowed item is my guide tarp. And showed it’s versatility being used as a stretcher during a rescue. —One of it’s other uses is...
