Ray Ultralight Shovel

Ray Ultralight avalanche shovel is designed for rescue missions, building snow walls around tents, digging snow caves, testing snow surface. It is the first shovel with adjustable aggressiveness of the front edge.

Field of application: ski touring, ski alpinism, freeride, mountaineering, hiking or approach ice climb route on avalanche terrain.

Avalanche shovel is a mandatory piece of equipment in ski mountaineering competitions. All Ray shovel models meet the requirements of ISMF (International Ski Mountaineering Federation) and different competitions (for example, La Patrouille des Glaciers (PDG) in Switzerland).

Ray Ultralight advantages:

• Compact and ultralight (the lightest in its class).
• Composite hybrid (75% carbon + 25% flax, approx.) micro-sandwich combines the mechanical benefits of carbon with the added advantages of reduced weight and the environmental effect of flax.
• Due to the low thermal conductivity of carbon fibre, during prolonged operation. hands are protected from hypothermia.
• Titanium insert protects the working part of the scoop from wear and chips.
• Titanium leading edge can be sharpened as needed.

Specification:

• Overall length:
• Short: 55cm
• Long: 63cm
• Disassembled shaft / handle length:
• Short: 37cm
• Long: 45cm
• Weight:
• Short: 235g ±10g
• Long 265g ±10g
• Scoop size: 25 x 21 x 4cm
• Scoop volume: 2,1 liters
• Scoop, shaft & handle material: carbon-fibre
  
• Blade material: titanium