VIDEO: Snowboarder With No Avalanche Gear Caught in Avalanche Near Perisher, Australia Today We don’t have a lot of information about this avalanche that occurred in or near Perisher ski resort, Australia today. This is what we do know about this avalanche: Occurred today, August 8th, 2017 This avalanche was in or near Perisher ski resort, Australia The snowboarder pictured in the video triggered the avalanche This avalanche appears to have been big enough […] Avalanche Oz Brains | August 8, 2017 180 Likes 1 Tweet 1 Comment
2 Skiers Nearly Caught in Large Avalanche in Australia After 40″ Storm Australia just saw 100cms (40″) of snow in 4 days. That new snow has lead to instabilities in the Australia backcountry. 2 skiers were nearly caught in an avalanche in the Mount Hotham backcountry in Victoria that they triggered Our friend and fellow guide is the head of ski patrol at Hotham. He told local media today: ‘We have had […] Avalanche AvyBrains | August 8, 2017 109 Likes 4 Tweets 0 Comments
Three Bodies Found in Crevasse in Peru Two Chilean men and a third with a dual Russian-U.S. citizenship were found deceased on the morning of August 1st, after nine days missing. They were attempting to climb Piramide de Garcilaso, a peak located in the Cordillera Blanca range in central Peru. Rafael Figueroa, from the Mountain Guides Association of Peru (AGMP), believes that the three men caused an avalanche on the 19,308 foot peak, as the […] Avalanche Spencer Miller | August 7, 2017 43 Likes 1 Tweet 0 Comments
VIDEO: Avalanche Slams Into Climbers on 23,406′ Lenin Peak in Central Asia AvyBrains | August 6, 2017 367 Likes 1 Tweet 0 Comments
STUDY: 30% of All Avalanche Fatalities in Western USA Occurred During an Atmospheric River Research published by Benjamin Hatchet, Susan Burak, Jon Rutz, Nina Oakley, Edward Bair, and Michael Kaplan in the Journal of Hydrometerology suggests a strong link between Atmospheric River (AR) events and avalanche deaths. According to their research, 31% of avalanche fatalities between 1998 and 2014 occurred either during or shortly after an AR event. West Coast skiers got very […] Avalanche Roger Romani | July 31, 2017 31 Likes 1 Tweet 0 Comments
Only 12 Avalanche Fatalities in the USA in 2016/17 – The USA Averages 27 | We Asked 5 Experts Why This Year’s Total Was So Low? There were only 12 Avalanche deaths this winter (2016/17) in the U.S. The annual average is 27. So, what happened? Record breaking snowfall characterized much of the western United States this year, with storm snowfall totals being recorded in feet instead of inches, massive avalanches closing roads all across the nation, and “weather events” that left us all saying “OH MY […] Avalanche LadyBrains | July 19, 2017 1.3k Likes 1 Tweet 2 Comments
Large Avalanche Caught On Camera By NASA Satellite Over 20 Years Ago Large powder avalanches can quickly and easily reach speeds of 80mph, and don’t last for very long, so the fact that a NASA satellite managed to capture an image of one in action has been described as ‘a stroke of luck’. On April 17, 1996, satellite Landsat-5 was passing over the Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan, at the exact moment an avalanche […] Avalanche Steven Agar | July 19, 2017 10 Likes 2 Tweets 0 Comments
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