Propagation is a dirty word. And while you might not use it in everyday conversation–or even having a working familiarity with its meaning–if you’re a snow traveler it can send chills down your spine. The reason, in the context of snow, is because propagation describes an avalanche that starts locally and spreads globally. It occurs [...]
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For American adventurers, particularly skiers and boarders, Europe has always symbolized the promised land of freedom. Ski areas don’t restrict your travel, you can hop off-piste and on at will, and you’re responsible for your own hide. That extends to rescues, too, where you’re still responsible—you can expect to pay the cost of rescuers fetching [...]
Yesterday morning around 11 a.m., a skier atop Saddle Peak near Bridger Bowl, Montana, accidentally broke a piece of cornice, which fell onto the slope and triggered an avalanche that stretched 1,000 feet from end to end, ran 2,000 feet, left a crown the height of a VW van, and deposited debris up to 20 [...]
Although details are sketchy, reports from Iran say that eight mountaineers were killed today on Shimshek Mountain in the Dizin region of the country, with up to four still missing. Scores were covered by the slide, but the rest were rescued. Among the dead is well-known Iranian guide Farshad Khalili of Iranian Mountain Guides, the [...]
SICK: Speed-Riding Skier Escapes Massive Avalanche
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It’s been more than a year since MSP was putting together Claim, but that doesn’t mean its footage isn’t worth dusting off now. This little seggie of Antoine Montant proves that being French requires imagination, balls, a more than casual flirtation with high-speed mishaps, and the embrace of what some might call stunts. Hey, today he’s Jerry Lewis, tomorrow a comic genius…CONTINUE>
This is the middle of the ski touring season, well, end of the middle, anyway, and the snow’s corned up beautifully, but don’t be lulled into thinking slide season is over. Five Czech mountaineers and one Slovakian were killed this weekend in an avalanche on a peak called Schalfkogel near Solden, Austria.
It was a classic spring weekend in the most popular backcountry skiing spot in the East, Tuckerman Ravine, high on the slopes of Mt. Washington: Dogs, sunshine, beer, slush, t-shirts…and, oops, three avalanches, two of which were caught on video.
Sixteen-year Squaw Valley ski patroller Andrew Entin died today during morning avalanche control on Squaw’s Headwall after a large slide swept him through trees. Around 8 a.m., Entin and his partner were throwing hand charges.
When ski patroller Andrew Entin was killed in an avalanche Tuesday on his normal control route at Squaw Valley, it brought the season total in North America to 38 deaths. If you consider the tragedy of even one person lost, it’s a sad and shocking number. But how does it stack up to other years?
“당신을 감사하십시오.” Can’t read Korean? You probably don’t need to—what’s the first thing you’d say to the guys who plucked you by helicopter out of avalanche debris on the north face of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park? Try: “thank you”.
The string of good avalanche luck has run out: The body of missing Lake Tahoe skier Christopher Trethaway was found this morning in slide debris near Emerald Bay on Tahoe’s southwest shore. After an unusually malignant early season that saw 32 deaths in North America, it’s been more than a month since snow slides claimed a life.
Have you seen this helmet-cam video of Utah’s Chris Cardello getting caught in a slide? It’s a powerful argument for the use of an Avalung, a device from Black Diamond that lets you breathe while buried under snow, and you absolutely need to watch it.
You know, there’s a lot more to the adventure world and this website than avalanches, but holy cow, is that the story of the winter or what? With a massive warm storm hitting the Northwest, Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, had a major slide on Wednesday that took a ski run down to the ground, knocked out two lift towers, and swept a house off its foundation. The resort was closed at the time.
Whistler-Blackcomb resort has gone American and then some: In the wake of two recent avalanche deaths in closed areas, the mega-skiing complex has permanently barred access to some avalanche-prone sections and posted guards to keep riders out. And with instability in the O.B. rated “high”, it’s also stopped issuing backcountry tickets for skiers and boarders headed into the wilds.>
Seven ski patrollers were caught in last Monday’s Headwall avalanche at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, including one who was trapped inside the mid-mountain patrol room with his avalanche dog, Hooter, according to new details.
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