Choosing the best backcountry snow shovels for is one of the most important gear decisions a backcountry traveler will make. I have spent the last eight winters testing avalanche shovels in the Wasatch, the Tetons, and the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, and I have buried probes in debris piles more times than I want […]

I learned the hard way that a regular driveway shovel is useless in a car trunk. Three winters ago I got stuck in a 14-inch snowfall outside Denver, and my full-size True Temper could not fit between the spare tire and the wheel well. That cold morning is what started this guide. After testing 23 […]