Alpine Threadworks

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Does anyone have any experience with their guide rescue tarps?

Ease of use in the field actually assembling it in an emergency situation?

Durability?

Thanks All

[neck beard]

Hey Bud, I own two, never used for a rescue.

- Easy to assemble

- Designed to survive a drag with the webbing skeleton, bit I am sure the softer materials would get damaged with enough rough terrain hauling. I don't see that as a design flaw, rather a fact of life given that lighter lower volume materials are being dragged with a body and skis in them along variable surfaces. Eventually, there will be damage. Hence the webbing skeleton.

The velcro strips to make a small shelter are great.

I think it is probably the best choice on the market. Heaps of guides carry them.

[whatsupdoc]

I've got one coming to me and would also be interested in some first hand reports. But it looks like the best product out there. Weight for these things is huge - if it's so heavy you don't take it with you then what's the point.

The Alpine Threadworks site did have a link to an ACMG review of the various rescue sleds/tarps:

http://www.alpinethreadworks.com/pro...kitreview.html

The AT product was well reviewed

[alfajores]

I see that Neil has a bunch of rescue tarps available now if anyone is looking to prepare for the winter.

Happy to re-appropriate this thread for AT fandom and conversations on features.

I have two bags and very different features and designs on each. Happy to chat about what I like and dislike on each.

[XXX-er]

I jumped in on a last minute trip with Neil and he was good

we couldn't ski one day at sunrise hut and he gave us the demo

I seem to remember a Greg Hill trip report where they used one of his tarps in a real rescue