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Avalanche Safety Gear Checklist

Select your trip type to get a personalized gear checklist with equipment recommendations and critical safety reminders before you head out.

Safety Notice: This tool provides gear guidance only. No gear replaces professional avalanche training. Before any backcountry or sidecountry trip, take an AIARE Level 1 or equivalent course and always check the local avalanche forecast at avalanche.org.

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Resort / In-Bounds Staying within ski patrol boundaries on marked runs

Sidecountry Venturing outside resort boundaries via gates or lifts

Backcountry Hiking, touring, or splitboarding in uncontrolled terrain

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