Backcountry skiers and boarders who use a cell phone app as a cheap alternative to an avalanche transceivers are asking for trouble.
That was the message of a press release sent out by experts at the Canadian Avalanche Center today.
The center’s warning explained that, while apps claim to turn smartphones into impromptu avalanche locator beacons, the systems are not safe.
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Avalanche Center: Cell Phone Apps Don't Replace Beacons
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TIP: The online Bushwalk Inventory System can help bushwalkers with a variety of bushwalk planning tasks, including: Manage which items they take bushwalking so that they do not forget anything they might need, plan meals for their walks, and automatically compile food/fuel shopping lists (lists of consumables) required to make and cook the meals for each walk. It is particularly useful for planning for groups who share food or other items, but is also useful for individual walkers.
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Avalanche Center: Cell Phone Apps Don't Replace Beacons
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