Top 8 inexpensive Avalanche Safety for Ladies

Deuter Rise SL 32+8L Backpack – Women’s

Rely on the Deuter Women’s Rise 32 + 8L SL Backpack during freeing backcountry adventures. This pack keeps your touring gear organized with a front pocket for quick and uncluttered access to your avalanche safety gear. On your way to the summit, durable front straps securely hold your board or skis. Access your extra layers and snacks through the back panel, so digging for a bite to eat or an extra sweater doesn’t turn into unpacking your entire bag. Throughout your tour, the Rise’s Delrin U-frame prevents pain from a heavy pack from overwhelming your adventure. A channel between the back panel offers chimney-like ventilation so you don’t overheat during sunny spring tours.

Osprey Packs Kresta 30L Backpack – Women’s

As most women know, backpacks are often the unfortunate victim of the pink-and-shrink laser beam. However, designers over at Osprey heard the call for a functional, women-specific touring backpack, and answered with the Kresta 30 Backpack. And in typical Osprey fashion, the Kresta has just the right amount of features necessary for a day of touring in the alpine without skimping on the overall fit or functionality.

More specifically, this pack is fashioned with a women-specific Light Wire suspension system that when combined with the padded help belt and stabilization straps, provide a comfortable and pressure-free haul. The thermoformed, contoured back panel sheds snow easily, and ultimately reduces the build-up of frozen precipitation on your backside. Not to mention, a deployable helmet net makes carrying your helmet a breeze, and the tuck-away ice tool loop ensures you’re able to haul technical tools without worrying about losing them en route.

In keeping with its versatile construction, the Kresta boasts a horizontal snowboarding carrying feature, or if you’re of the dual-planked nature, it also touts an A-frame or diagonal ski carrying design. Though, perhaps most importantly, the Kresta has a J-shaped avalanche gear compartment, complete with dry pocket, so you’re not only able to access your safety gear in a flash, but you’re also able to separate your sensitive avy gear from wet skins or damp clothing. A back panel entry system enables you quick access to snacks or extra layers, and all of the Kresta’s zipper pulls, as well as buckles, are glove and mitten friendly.

Mammut Nirvana Ride S 20L Backpack – Women’s

Take the panic out of waking up before the crack of dawn by packing the Mammut Women’s Nirvana Ride S Backpack the night before you go skiing. This backcountry-specific pack carries skis or a snowboard, and it hauls a helmet, goggles, hydration reservoir, and your essential avalanche safety gear. The Nirvana carries skis diagonally or at an A-frame, snowboards vertically or horizontally, and the helmet carry stows away during the descent. For support, Mammut equipped the Nirvana Ride with a light, stable aluminum frame wrapped in EVA padding for a comfort carry. The waist belt and shoulder straps also feature EVA, and you can remove the waist belt if your dawn patrol will be a quick cruiser.

DAKINE Heli 12L Backpack – Women’s

When the conditions are right for a quick backcountry session, throw your shovel and probe in the Dakine Women’s Heli 12L Pack and get after those backcountry lines you’ve been scoping all season. Its streamlined design and women-specific fit maintain a comfortable for both the hike up and the ride down, while its external shovel pocket, hydration sleeve, and fleece-lined goggle pocket keep all the essentials organized and ready to go.

Osprey Packs Kresta 40L Backpack – Women’s

Osprey’s Kresta 40 Backpack is choice whether you’re ski touring to a hut for a minimalist overnighter or tackling a technical ascent filled with ice climbs and rappels. Osprey built this pack with a LightWire suspension system that assures a comfortable carry when you’re carrying loads as heavy as forty pounds. Two main compartments— one dry storage for sleeping bags and clothes and an other for avalanche gear—keep all of your backcountry essentials organized and easily accessible when you’re on the skintrack.

The main compartment is accessed through the back panel for easy access, even with your skis, snowboard, or ice axes strapped through the front. The avalanche gear compartment is accessed through the front panel for quick access during emergencies. Osprey also equipped the Kresta with an insulated hydration reservoir and tube that prevent your water from freezing. The Kresta carries snowboards vertically or horizontally, skis diagonally or at an A-frame, and a helmet at the front. The helmet carry system stows away when you’re wearing your helmet. This pack also features a strap that secures climbing ropes, and a fleece-lined pocket that prevents goggles from getting scratched.

Deuter Guide SL 40+8L Backpack – Women’s

Designed as the perfect ski mountaineering pack for female athletes, the Deuter Guide 40+ SL Backpack combines every feature needed for technical climbing and skiing. The Variflex hip belt pivots with your body’s movements, allowing you to maintain balance while swinging ice tools or making fresh tracks. Wide ski slots make it easy to carry your shred sticks, and the side-access zipper allows you to grab your puffy without dumping everything out in the snow.

Don’t be fooled into thinking this pack can only handle winter adventures—with its breathable back panel and versatile design, it’s also well-suited to summer ascents and climbing missions. Its supportive X-frame supports and stabilizes your load, whether you’re carrying climbing gear or ski setups, and ergonomic mesh helps keep you from overheating when summer temps soar. And when the day’s plan call for a light load, you can remove the X-frame and hipbelt to streamline things. Deuter also threw in a sitting mat that gives you a dry spot to sit when you’re enjoying the view from the peak, as well as an SOS label with emergency tips.

DAKINE Leanne Pelosi Team Mission Pro 25L Backpack – Women’s

In a world where products for women are just shrunken male products painted pink, Dakine brought in backcountry daredevil and snowboarding extraordinaire, Leanne Pelosi, to help design the Team Mission Pro 25L Backpack specifically for lady shredders like herself. This pack’s narrow, longitudinal construction helps to create a stable ride and comes fully equipped with key features, like the padded waist belt, to ensure successful runs through the park or in the backcountry. And with additional backcountry-centric components, like the multiple snowboard carrying options and shovel-specific pocket, this pack is practically begging to be taken out of bounds.

DAKINE Leanne Pelosi Team Mission Pro 25L Backpack – Women’s

In a world where products for women are just shrunken male products painted pink, Dakine brought in backcountry daredevil and snowboarding extraordinaire, Leanne Pelosi, to help design the Team Mission Pro 25L Backpack specifically for lady shredders like herself. This pack’s narrow, longitudinal construction helps to create a stable ride and comes fully equipped with key features, like the padded waist belt, to ensure successful runs through the park or in the backcountry. And with additional backcountry-centric components, like the multiple snowboard carrying options and shovel-specific pocket, this pack is practically begging to be taken out of bounds.