Probe, shovel and Artva: avalanche equipment is also mandatory for snowshoeing

Cai and Mountain Rescue organize online meetings and demonstrations

UDINE. From 1 January it has also become mandatory for hikers who frequent snowy environments at risk of avalanches (ie those who walk, use snowshoes for example) to carry with them, under penalty of penalties and fines, “special electronic reporting and search systems and shovels and probes from snow, to guarantee a suitable rescue intervention “. This is the artva-shovel-probe kit (APS kit) which not only has a high cost (between 200 and 300 euros) but which is also necessary to know how to use.