Canadian company Eagle Pass Heliskiing, based in Revelstoke, British Columbia, is taking advantage of new technologies and development BY supplying each participant on its trips with a ‘SnowPulse Lifebag’ inflatable backpack which the company believes represents a revolution in Avalanche safety technology.

The ‘SnowPulse Lifebag’ is a functioning backpack which contains a refillable compressed air cylinder and airbag within the shoulder straps. When deployed by the user the airbag inflates in a horseshoe shape around the users head and thorax and acts as a massive lifejacket and airbag, keeping users on the surface and protecting them from trauma injuries.

In addition, as part of Eagle Pass Heliskiing’s corporate responsibility and awareness of the growing impacts and magnitude of climate change, clients can purchase a carbon offset for their trip and direct their contributions to “Planetair” which supports renewable energy projects.

“We strongly believe that the safety and environmental measures we have taken go a long way to cementing our position as the elite ‘new wave’ heli ski company in British Columbia,” claims J Shepherd, the cheif Mountain Guide for Eagle Pass Heliskiing. “Our goal is to provide the ultimate skiing holiday, but without sacrifice to safety or the environment.”

Eagle Pass Heliskiing operates tours with groups of four skiers in the Monashee Mountains where the company has exclusive rights to a huge area, 14 times larger than all the ski resorts in Colorado combined and used by 12 guests only.

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