The Alaska Avalanche Store
We have developed some field gear of our own, and we have found other companies that make great avalanche gear. Our Alaska Avalanche Store currently includes our own avalanche fieldbooks, G3 avalanche equipment, and a limited stock of G3 skis and bindings at great clearance prices.
You can buy avalanche gear from us online or at our office store; just call to set a time as we are in temporary quarters pending completion of our new office next summer.
Our shop is small, so all orders receive personal attention. To order, just give us a call or drop us an e-mail and let us know what you want. We can advise you on the best choices for your needs, quote you a price, check how soon we can get it to you and what shipping will cost, accept payment by credit card, and can usually get your gear to destinations in the US within a few days to a week.
The Alaska Avalanche Fieldbook
First test edition of The Alaska Avalanche Fieldbook, Valdez, Alaska, 2003. Photo © Kent Scheler.
None of the fieldbooks out there quite met our standards, so we had our own books printed up by Rite in the Rain® for our fieldwork and courses. They are fully compliant with the American Avalanche Association's SWAG observations guidelines, and contain key pages that are essentially cheat sheets for taking notes, evaluating snow, decision-making, terrain analysis, and emergency medicine.
We have put enough time into refining these books over years of use and revision that they get their own page with full details.
Closeout Deals on G3 Skis!
Our own favorite G3 El Hombres wait out a spring storm on the Juneau Icefield.
We tried stocking some of our favorite G3 skis and bindings in 2010, only to have a disastrous non-winter with virtually no snow. We tried to sell them online, but our then-webmaster somehow never got around to it.
Our loss is now your gain; we are dumping near-new demo skis with bindings in A+ condition, and brand new skis still in their wrappers, for far less than we paid for them! Sorry, we can't do free shipping at these prices, but we will ship via cheap and fast Priority Mail.
These skis are all the perfect all-around widths for their sizes: wide enough to float really well in deep snow, yet still narrow enough to edge and carve on packed snow. G3 skis are exceptionally well-bulit, sturdy enough for everyday ski area use and light enough for the backcountry. They are good for AT, downhill-only, or tele use.
El Hombre; 105mm fat all-around ski, new unmounted still in wrapper 185 & 192cm, $399
El Hombre; same ski with Onyx AT bindings, demo 177cm, $499 - SOLD!
ZenOxide; 105mm, lighter & softer Hombre, new unmounted still in wrapper 170 & 185cm, $425
ZenOxide; demo 170cm, AT bindings; demo 185cm, tele bindings, $499 each
Tonic; 100mm, early rise tip, easy turns; demo tele 185cm, $499 - SOLD!
Luscious; 91mm, performance womens' ski, new unmounted still in wrapper 157cm, $325
Closeout Deals on G3 Onyx Bindings!
The G3 Onyx is a performance-oriented binding for boots with the same Tech Fittings that Dynafit bindings use. It has far better anti-shock than the Dynafits, and is much easier to change modes with.
Onyx Bindings, $249 while they last!
G3 Avalanche Gear
Above: G3 tech probe in use for snowpit studies.
AAS stocks G3's excellent avalanche gear. We can special order skis, skins, bindings, skins, and other gear. Check the G3 website for their most-current product information.
240cm Tech Probes with scale marked in cm, $73.95
Avi TECH shovel with D handle (larger), $73.95
Spade TECH shovel with T handle (more compact), sale $44.99
Rutschblock Test-cutting cable, sale $16.99
All photos, text, and images on this website are © Bill Glude unless otherwise noted.