If you ski, snowboard or snowshoe in the backcountry, you know that you and everyone in your party should carry the essential pieces of safety gear: at minimum an avalanche transceiver (also called avalanche beacon), a probe, and a shovel – and some would now swear by their AvaLungs and/or ABS avalanche airbag systems. Ortovox will soon release a new avalanche transceiver that will increase your chances of being recovered in the event of an avalanche, simply by cutting out weak signals that might lead your rescuers astray.