KLIM Releases Two New Avalanche Airbag Backpacks

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KLIM has developed two avalanche airbag backpacks specifically for snow powersports, the Atlas 26-liter backpack and the smaller Aspect 16-liter pack. Both KLIM backpacks are integrated with industry-leading Alpride E1 electronic multi-use systems—the lightest electronic airbag systems on the market.

Avalanche airbags are a proven technology to help prevent burial in an avalanche. They are the only avalanche safety system that does not rely on the skills and equipment of fellow riders in an avalanche situation. Avalanche airbags work by increasing the volume of you and your gear to help you float higher in the particulate flow, improving how quickly rescuers can locate/extract you.

Deeply involved with professional riders, KLIM is constantly looking for better solutions. It is always searching for innovative materials and industry-leading technology by asking the question: is there an ingredient or process that can further improve the riding experience?

KLIM has engineered the pair of airbag backpacks to serve the unique needs of backcountry snowmobiling and snowbiking, instead of adapting them from a different sport. Both backpacks feature robust materials throughout, avalanche equipment storage, tool storage packs and 360-degree waist webbing with a metal buckle to keep the backpack attached to your body in an avalanche.

For the integrated airbag technology, KLIM chose to partner with Alpride for its industry-leading E1 electronic airbag system. Offering a wide range of benefits, the airbag is inflated with a multi-use supercapacitor system that is not affected by cold temperatures, making it safer than relying on batteries. A USB charger will charge the supercapacitor at home, and a pair of AA batteries will recharge the supercapacitor in the field after an inflation, unlike a canister that needs to be replaced each time. Eliminating canisters and li-ion batteries also avoids travel restrictions. The reusable nature of the airbag system allows for easy, low-cost practice to prepare for avalanche scenarios.

The Atlas 26 avalanche backpack features a similar layout to the popular KLIM Krew Pak backpack, with large capacity storage and organization pockets, shoulder straps and a waist belt with pockets. The shoulder straps allow for ambidextrous deployment handle and radio mounting. Just like the Krew Pak, the Atlas 26 has KLIM’s Rapid Probe Deployment (RPD) system mounted on the side.

Using the same Alpride E1 airbag system, the Aspect 16 offers the same 150-liter airbag volume with a smaller, lighter backpack size for those who don’t carry as much gear. The padded breathable chest harness system still allows for ambidextrous radio and deployment handle mounting.

The KLIM Atlas 26 Avalanche Airbag backpack is available now, and the Aspect 16 Avalanche Airbag backpack will be available starting in August 2019.

At the end of the day, everything KLIM does is to enhance the riding experience. Taking its avalanche airbags to the next level is a way for KLIM to give riders better peace of mind and improved usability in extreme conditions.

Atlas 26 Avalanche Airbag Backpack Full Specs

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