We could, but we won’t shovel a heap full of BS your way and tell you any shovel is a worthy avalanche shovel in a rescue scenario. It’s one thing to have a tool worthy enough to shovel a dainty amount of snow into the WindBurner for the night’s tea, and a whole different…
UIAA Avalanche Rescue Shovel Standards
UIAA visual digram of the basic design benchmarks for an avalanche rescue shovel to meet UIAA standards.
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