Outside

Are These Avalanche Beacons Malfunctioning?

For four skiers and the crew filming them near Whistler, British Columbia, things were going as planned. It was sunny and blue on March 9, 2020, and the team was descending ambitious lines in stable ...
Outside

Pieps, Black Diamond Voluntarily Recall Avy Beacons

Professional skier Nick McNutt was buried in an avalanche in March 2020. While he was under the snow, his Pieps DSP Pro beacon failed to emit a signal, making it impossible for the group searching for ...
Powder

No Signal

It’s impossible to say whether the death of Wyoming splitboarder Trace Carrillo in an avalanche in April of 2020 was due to a beacon malfunction, but it’s clear that before that incident, snow safety ...
The State

Ski safety equipment recalled after malfunctions resulted in a death and a broken arm

No matter how cool it does or doesn’t look, skiers wear avalanche transceivers for life and death safety, not a fashion statement. That’s why Black Diamond recalled 78,600 PIEPS DSP Avalanche ...
Yahoo Finance

Avalanche Beacons Class Action - Notice of Proposed Settlement and Settlement Approval Hearing

LONDON, ON, Oct. 7, 2025 /CNW/ - If you are a Canadian resident who purchased a PIEPS DSP Sport, a PIEPS DSP Pro, or a PIEPS DSP Pro Ice in Canada from January 1, 2013 to April 12, 2021, your legal ...
Vail Daily

Suszynski: No breadcrumbs for the Pieps DSP

In college, I wrote a lot of short stories that ended in avalanches. I didn’t realize the pattern until a friend pointed it out in a workshop. This made sense to me because that’s life in the ...