Best Ortovox Backcountry Snow Probes in 2026

✅ TERRAWEST CORE 240 PROBE | In an Avalanche Accident time is of the Essence, lightweight, strength and quick locking are what you need in a good snow probe. This is where the Terrawest Core 240 Probe steps in.

✅ MATERIAL COMPOSITION | Probe Pole Materials - Aluminium 7075 - This aluminium material is light and stiff, making it a strong companion for cutting through snow layers. | Probe Tensioning System - Strong Cord - This cord has limited stretching and offers high ridgity, stability and robustness, making it the ideal tension cord. 

✅ LARGE PROBE TIP | A Large probe tip has been added so you can easily cut through avalanche snow slabs and ice.

DUAL USE - Shows (1) Approximate avalanche danger and (2) slope of terrain for hikers/skiers/snowboarders. Great 2-in-1 product that is designed to keep you safe at all levels of altitude!

THREE LEVELS OF AVALANCHE DANGER - AvaGage's face is marked with three easy-to-read levels of danger. Yellow represents low danger, orange represents moderate danger, and red represents high danger.

COMPACT SIZE - At only 2.9" wide and weighing in at only 0.6 oz, AvaGage is the most compact avalanche danger indicator available. Easily attach to parka, pack, or vest with attached splitring, or just slide it into one of your pockets for easy storage!

Easy assembly with no loose cable to cause hangups

Innovative design with finest craftsmanship

Light speed compared to the OEM probes

Point tip, 3" long, stainless, for igrill

Light & Fast: The Alu 240 Light is the probe for all weight-conscious winter sports enthusiasts. Weighing in at just 235 grams, it is incredibly lightweight and ready to use in just seconds thanks to the quick-assembly strap and quick-lock assembly system

Visual Guide System: The intuitive visual guide system provides you with quick and clear information about the victim‘s depth: perfectly adapt your shoveling strategy and save important time thanks to the clear 1m marker, contrasting depth scale and colorful end segments

Adjustable: The tension can be quickly and easily set by means of the optimized adjusting screw; large probe tip has a significantly larger diameter compared to the probe elements, to ensures optimal penetration

10 Feet Long (305 centimeters)

7 sections collapsed, 8 sections assembled

Weighing in at a lightweight 9 ounces

Durable, lightweight 7075 aluminum shaft construction with corrosion-resistant coated stainless steel cable

13-mm diameter and thicker walls maximize stiffness in lower sections of the avalanche probe and 11-mm uppers help shed weight

Single-pull design with quick-link ferrules and an instant-locking pin help to deploy the probe quickly when time matters

Use Case: Avalanche transceiver with integrated voice navigation helps reliably guide you in an emergency (Specs: 79 x 120 x 23, 7.4oz.)

Intuitive Design: Streamlined, logical design; Diract Voice is highly intuitive, very easy to use

Safety: Three-antenna device comes equipped with Smart-Antenna Technology which analyzes the device’s precise location in an avalanche and automatically responds optimizing response time

Ideal Use: The Ortovox Alu 240 PFA probe can be easily stowed in a backpack; ideal for ski touring, snowmobiling, backcountry tours, and mountaineering

Tensioning System: Robust, durable steel-cable tensioning system; steel does not stretch making it an ideal reliable material for tensioning systems

Large Probe Tip: Voluminous probe tip ensures improved penetration which reduces friction while probing; pointed probe tip penetrates hard avalanche snow more easily

A durable, all-aluminum 8-section backcountry snow probe designed for snow study, avalanche professionals, patrollers and anyone exploring deep terrain.

Dual Quickdraw speed ferrules provide extremely fast deployment with maximum durability

Rapid deployment stuffsack integrates with the probe’s pull cord for one-pull readiness

Stable, lightweight probe segment made from high-quality carbon. Durable tensile tensioning cord for maximum stability of probe tensioning system. Telescopic locking - reliable, effective tensioning system

Drop-shaped probe tip for energy-saving probing

Practical probe cover with integrated emergency plan

Light weight aluminum construction- Easy to assemble and disassemble

270 cm in length- 7.9 oz

Comes with carry bag- Anodized quality finish

7075 Aluminum Shaft

Kevlar Tension Cord

Segments 6 x 40 cm

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Use In Winter Or Autumn, Autumn, Cycling Weather And Other Occasions, Suitable For Typing, Gaming, Operation, Skiing, Camping, Hiking, Outdoor, Etc.In A Very Short Time,

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Light & Fast: Weighing just 185g, the Carbon 240 Superlight is our lightest probe. This 240cm-long probe can be quickly and easily assembled by means of its quick-lock assembly system; ready for use in seconds, and can be folded up just as quickly

Visual Guide System: The intuitive visual guide system provides you with quick and clear information about the victim‘s depth. Perfectly adapt your shoveling strategy and save important time thanks to the clear 1m marker, contrasting depth scale and colorful end segments.

Adjustable: The tension can be quickly and easily set by means of the optimized adjusting screw; large probe tip has a significantly larger diameter compared to the probe elements, to ensures optimal penetration