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Beacon Guidebooks

Backcountry skiing books, maps, and apps. Responsible | Reliable | Beautiful.

01/29/2025

When someone asks you where you went, what’s the responsible way to describe the way? When it’s a friend, a colleague, or a stranger? An expert vs. beginner? That’s our never ending conversation, and the subject of this podcast episode by . Give it a listen and if you like what you here/read, consider supporting them by subscribing. It’s the same price as a few voile straps, yet just as versatile and day-saving! https://share.transistor.fm/s/dea6fae2

12/18/2024

Would you call this slope: Simple, Challenging, or Complex? Intermittent exposure managing a single path, 35°, mostly planar slopes, risk of impact into trees and rocks, isolated starting zones with size 3 potential, a selection of choices of varying exposure, options exist to avoid avalanche paths. = ATES 2 CHALLENGING

Photo: dropping in above the Refugio Lopez, Argentina

12/01/2024

Terrain tip of the day: practice guessing slope angles. Along your route, play “guess that angle” with your partners. Make your best guess, then put your slope meter tool on the slope to verify. Why get better at guessing the angle? Well, while I don’t want to completely trust my guess to make or break a decision, I have found it’s a good way to hone my gut instincts. I want little alarms to go off in the back of my head if I’m entering a slope that’s steeper than I expected.

11/29/2024

Thankful for these incredible mountains at Team Beacon this week. Get outside, stay safe, smile. ☮️

10/07/2024

Silverton, CO. Heard there’s gonna be some great education and perfect kickoff to the BC ski season. See you at 4SAW on Saturday!

04/09/2024

Join us Thursday night in Colorado Springs! Join our co-owner / leader and staff to discuss planning successful spring ski tours.
-Trip timing
-Avalanche assessment
-Hazard identification
-equipment
….and much much more! (Oh yeah, free swag too).

02/26/2024

Finding some spring conditions before winter doubles back on us. Bring on the storm!

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Five years ago, AIARE launched "Project Zero" which ambitiously calls on all the industry's professionals and recreationalists to do their part to put an end to all avalanche deaths (inspired by Sweden's "vision zero"). Understanding that terrain is one the most important elements for safe backcountry travel, I wanted to be a part of the project and do something for the cause, so I invented my terrain style atlas. Our team has since created a terrain exposure rating system that can be applied to all tours, and a consistent way to describe terrain-based hazards for each area. Today, local guides and avalanche educators use my atlases for their classes and tours. We now publish a total of 7 books, with more on the way. Each guidebook has proven to be a success, and we hope you will join us this season by becoming part of the Beacon Guidebooks experience.

-Andy Sovick, Founder and Publisher