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Become everyone's favorite touring partner by following BCA Co-Founder Bruce Edgerly's advice to keep a "gaper bag" in your car.
What happens when a member of your group shows up to a trailhead check and realizes their transceiver is low on battery, or they forgot their gloves? Save the tour by keeping a bag full of frequently forgotten essentials on hand to loan out to backcountry partners—like batteries, gloves, skins, ski straps, radios, and even an extra transceiver.
Stock up on all the backcountry essentials at backcountryaccess.com
Become everyone's favorite touring partner by following BCA Co-Founder Bruce Edgerly's advice to keep a "gaper bag" in your car.
What happens when a member of your group shows up to a trailhead check and realizes their transceiver is low on battery, or they forgot their gloves? Save the tour by keeping a bag full of frequently forgotten essentials on hand to loan out to backcountry partners—like batteries, gloves, skins, ski straps, radios, and even an extra transceiver.
Stock up on all the backcountry essentials at backcountryaccess.com
![[EDGE]ucation - Gaper Bag](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DU-k2OWtD8A/mqdefault.jpg "[EDGE]ucation - Gaper Bag
Become everyones favorite touring partner by following BCA Co-Founder Bruce Edgerlys advice to keep a gaper bag in your car.
What happens when a member of your group shows up to a trailhead check and realizes their transceiver is low on battery, or they forgot their gloves? Save the tour by keeping a bag full of frequently forgotten essentials on hand to loan out to backcountry partners—like batteries, gloves, skins, ski straps, radios, and even an extra transceiver.
Stock up on all the backcountry essentials at https://backcountryaccess.com")
![[EDGE]ucation Season 3 Field Notes - Introduction](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/F0T3NtexI_0/mqdefault.jpg "[EDGE]ucation Season 3 Field Notes - Introduction
BCA Co-Founder Bruce Edgerly introduces the third season of [EDGE]ucation - Field Notes. This season, we’re talking gear—doing a deep dive on your beacons, airbags, radios, shovels and probes. Learn more about your gear and PRACTICE using it.")
![BCA [EDGE]ucation Season 2 - Introduction : Backcountry Access](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FkVuqNCsrL4/mqdefault.jpg "BCA [EDGE]ucation Season 2 - Introduction : Backcountry Access
Backcountry Access [EDGE]ucation is back and better than ever—with a second season of no-frills backcountry education tips from BCA co-founder Bruce “Edge” Edgerly. In a series of thirteen concise, easy to digest videos, Edge and expert guests break down key takeaways from their continuing avalanche education, with lessons on everything from identifying red flags in the snowpack to group searching techniques, transceiver interference, applying the avalanche forecast to terrain choice, and much more. [EDGE]ucation is here to refresh and reinforce your existing avalanche education and to keep your skills sharp and up-to-date when preparing to enter the backcountry.
Learn more www.backcountryaccess.com/en-us/blog/p/edgeucation2
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![[EDGE]ucation S3 Field Notes - Should I store my avalanche transceiver in my pants pocket?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IJ20hL_T1rc/mqdefault.jpg "[EDGE]ucation S3 Field Notes - Should I store my avalanche transceiver in my pants pocket?
BCA ambassador Japhy Dhungana walks us through the pros and cons of storing your avalanche transceiver in a torso harness versus a pants pocket. Whichever method you choose, ensure there are no metal objects placed within 8 inches or 20 centimeters of your transceiver.
Learn more at www.backcountryaccess.com/blog")
