After years in the backcountry and a near-death experience, IFMGA Guide, Jeff Banks, wanted to build a tool that could simplify and improve the decision-making of any backcountry user. The result is Aspect Avy. 

Kara Williard sat down with Jeff to discuss how this app compares to and complements other backcountry tools; key features such as Adaptive Slop Shading and “No Go Zones”; how it accounts for human factors; different types of risk; the general state of tech in the backcountry; and more.

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TOPICS & TIMES:

Jeff’s Background: IFMGA & Nordic (3:10)

Jeff’s Near-Death Experience (6:15)

Intro to Aspect Avy (9:18)

Adaptive Slope Shading (10:31)

No-Go Zones, Coaching Tool, & Runout Zones (13:21)

Human Factors (19:17)

Adaptive Tools (23:20)

Who’s It For? (30:32)

Tech & Backcountry Skiing (46:26)

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