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With the Focus Voice and Focus Pro, Ortovox is ushering in the next generation of beacon devices. Greater range, a significantly larger display, and enhanced voice navigation are designed to make searches faster and more intuitive. While the Focus Voice is designed for ease of use, the Focus Pro offers additional tools for professionals.

From January 11 to 13, the Bolzano trade fair opened its doors for the 25th edition of Prowinter, the trade fair for outdoor and winter sports. With 230 exhibitors and around 400 brands, around 30 percent of which came from abroad, the event once again demonstrated just how international the industry has become. For the first time, exhibitors presented the latest products and trends for the 2026/27 winter season in two halls of the trade fair. We were on site and looked around for exciting innovations and current trends.

risk'n'fun KIDS is specially designed for children and teenagers. Here, young skiers and snowboarders learn safety and avalanche knowledge directly on the mountain. Accompanied by trained mountain guides, they receive practical training in using beacons, probes and shovels and learn how to read the terrain correctly. At the same time, the focus is on having fun freeriding together.

Every year, the snow often comes faster than you think - and the last avalanche safety training usually a lies whole year in the past. Here's a friendly reminder: it doesn't always have to be an organized course. It's often enough or at least a good start to get to grips with your equipment again and do a bit of digging with friends.

An essential part of any ski touring or freeride equipment is the avalanche transceiver. It is well known that this was not the case at the beginning of the 1970s, when the first avalanche transceivers came onto the market. With the MINI IPS, PIEPS is launching a very compact avalanche transceiver onto the market this winter, which you can win here.

The Mammut Barryvox S, which has been on the market for several years now and is one of the tried and tested standard avalanche beacons, has been given a successor this season in the form of the Barryvox S2. It is smaller, lighter and can do more. In addition to the technical features, Mammut also attaches great importance to usability and the simplest possible handling. We have tested how the device performs in practice.

The malfunction is caused by a defective electronic component on the circuit board. After several months of use this defect may manifest.

Mammut released its new Barryvox in October 2024. To get to know the device and celebrate the launch, Mammut invited selected journalists to Engelberg. We spent two days with safety training, discussions with the scene and questions around the new Barryvox S2.

Sport Conrad is a partner of PowderGuide and has almost everything we would still need in our equipment cupboard. But Sport Conrad also cares about safety and invites us to the Snow Safety Days. On Friday in Penzberg, you can inspect new avalanche safety equipment with advice and in the evening, experts will give talks on tour preparation, risk management and weather forecasts. On Saturday, we'll then head up to the Zugspitze with mountain guides to put theory into practice.

Whether skis, snowboard or touring equipment: your equipment is your most important companion on the mountain. It determines fun and comfort, but also safety and, in an emergency, life and death. In this article, in collaboration with our partner Sport Conrad, we present the average lifespan of your equipement,, how you can recognise when it's time to replace it and which tips will help you to better assess the condition of your equipment. This article covers the categories; ski/snowboard, touring equipment, alpine touring equipment and safety equipment and provides tips on the lifespan and maintenance of your equipment.

PIEPS GmbH announces a voluntary recall for the PIEPS PRO IPS avalanche transceiver. The reason is a possible battery contact problem.

Mammut has stood for quality, safety and innovation since 1862. The safety and protection of their team of athletes and their customers are at the heart of everything they do. Therefore, they continuously test and improve their materials and products to uphold these high standards. During this process, Mammut identified a potential issue with the power switch of the new avalanche beacons Mammut Barryvox 2 and Mammut Barryvox S2 in some cases, and therefore decided to recall all potentially affected products for inspection, and where applicable, repair or exchange.