How effective are avalanche airbags?

Posting bogus observations under the alias "Observations for Money" on NWAC is a douche move

I was glad to see that NWAC had taken it down by mid-day yesterday. I see now that there's a remaining one from 2/20.  Just sent an email to let them know.

Considering I do a lot of solo skiing and feel a need to start switching my skiing up by doing more off piste skiing,�I figure my best option is to have an avalanche airbag. How effective are these devices?�Could they also help protect the individual from a massive fall over rocks?� From this video, it looks like a worthy investment. I figure with no wife and or kids, I might as well start skiing as such!lol

In addition to report linked by GravityMK, The WMS rates airbags as 1B, so besides not going, current evidence supports airbags at being at the top of preventing morbidity.

Posting bogus observations under the alias "Observations for Money" on NWAC is a douche move

What am I missing? What does bogus observations have to do with this thread?

What am I missing? What does bogus observations have to do with this thread?

It's a tangent to the tangent about "near miss reporting" by guide operations. *Someone* posted some bogus NWAC observation reports that were clearly taking aim at this same issue. Which some of us see as taking a dump out in the shared commons and unlikely to garner any added support on that issue.

From what I've read about the recent double fatality in the Teanaway area both of the riders that died had deployed their airbags. It will be interesting to see the full NWAC accident report.

I saw one social media post where it was claimed that one of them was buried something like 14' deep =8-O

Sounded like one of the survivors had serious trauma and will be lucky to regain decent use of one leg.