Pieps Probe Carbon Tour 220

The Pieps Carbon Tour 220 Probe is made with carbon fibre, lightweight and compact to ensure maximum packability.

Thanks to the heat treatment used on the carbon fibre, the Carbon Tour 220 is strong enough to rely on when the time comes to use it.

The fast locking system allows you to assemble the probe with a single throw and pull. The exact burial depth can be ascertained from the markings, so you can develop a shovelling strategy as soon as contact is made with a buried victim.

The PIEPS probe is designed to pinpoint and find the position of a buried victim. Together with an avalanche transceiver and an avalanche shovel, it makes up the recommended standard avalanche safety gear of mountaineers or mountain rescuers.

Probing Techniques:

Beacon Search Probing

The pinpoint search (within three meters) is the trickiest part of a beacon search.
A probe can quickly confirm the location and depth of burial.
Probes with depth markings aid in determining exact depth and in determining the appropriate excavation area size.
From your lowest distance reading, probe 10 in (25cm) apart in an expanding spiral pattern.
Since the pinpoint search is done along the snow surface, insert probe perpendicular to the surface, not straight down.
After striking the victim, leave in place and start shovelling downhill of the probe.
Recommended probe length: 1.8 to 3 meters.

Spot Probing

Performed if beacons are not worn or not functioning.
Probe up to 6 feet deep (1.5 meters) in likely burial spots.
These include the fall line below last-seen-area; around the victim’s equipment on the surface; above and below rocks &
trees; depressions, curves, and the toe of the debris pile.
Studies show that avalanche victims rarely survive below 6 feet (1.5 meters). Therefore a live recovery is more likely if
you probe more areas than if you probe deeper.
Recommended probe length: 2 to 3 meters.

FEATURES
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Features

Pieps Probe Carbon Tour 220 Features

Tubes in two colours made of a special aluminium alloy guarantee optimal stability
Diameter = 13.25 mm
Easy and fast assembly of the probe
Length collapsed: 42 cm
Length tightened: 220 cm
Broad cone end for easier probing of hard and compressed snow