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Backcountry backpack with airbag decreases avalanche injuries, fatalities

I’m in the market for a backcountry ski backpack.

It just so happens my buddy, an avid snowmobiler, just bought one. Cost $1,000, he tells me.

For that price, it better be able to prevent avalanches and teleport me to the top of the mountain, I respond.

While it doesn’t prevent avalanches, it does help prevent against trauma for [...]