VIDEO: Park Skills Hit The Mountain | Norwegian Boys Take It To The Next Level STRAY is a skiing short film about three park-rats who made their dreams come true and headed to the big mountains from the small hills for the first time. Patrik Lilja, Henrik Lilja, and Tuure Mäkinen headed to Narvikfjellet, Norway and threw down. This video is proof that it doesn’t matter the size of the terrain that you ski on, […] Backcountry Chris Wallner | March 21, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Switzerland Scientists Set Off Massive Avalanche In Vallee de la Sionne, Switzerland On March 8th, 2017 scientists from the Federal Research Institute WSL set off a massive avalanche in Vallee de la Sionne, Switzerland. It was set off using explosives that were thrown out from a helicopter. The purpose of triggering this avalanche was to gather data about the slide using seismic sensors and video. This slide was absolutely massive, it made […] Avalanche Chris Wallner | March 20, 2017 1 Comment
Lyngen Alps Avalanche Buries Two Italian Tourists | One Rescued Quickly, Other Buried For 2 Hours According to Norway’s English News, two Italian tourists were buried by an avalanche in the Lyngen Alps of Northern Norway on Thursday. The group of ski tourists were out exploring the mountains, when an avalanche was triggered and took two of the skiers out. One of the buried skiers was found and rescued quickly. Sadly, the other buried skier wasn’t […] Avalanche Chris Wallner | March 20, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: French Skier Survives Avalanche, Captures Footage With Selfie Stick [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fguillaumeanton%2Fvideos%2F10211659108255417%2F&show_text=0&width=560″] Guillaume Anton wasn’t expecting to be caught in a surprisingly large slab avalanche at the French resort of La Plagne last week. Selfie stick in hand and in full charge mode, Anton was catching some pow turns in the Les Ronds “off-piste” area of the resort when he appears to have paused at the top of a steep rollover, […] Avalanche Sergei Poljak | March 10, 2017 0 Comments
St. Anton, Arlberg, Austria Conditions Report: 30cm Soft Pow What an amazing start into the weekend! 30 cm of fresh white goodies fell on Friday during the day. This made the Arlberg sparkle in the sun all weekend – perfect freeride conditions. The Arlberg being the largest ski area in Austria boasts ridiculous amounts of terrain right out of the nearly 100 lifts. Conditions Report Eike Poeppelmeier | February 21, 2017 0 Comments
One Skier Dead After Falling into a Crevasse in Chamonix A pair of skiers from Russia fell into a crevasse while on the Vallée Blanche in Chamonix. The two skiers were a father and son skiing the Géant Serac sector on Saturday when the son fell into a crevasse. During an attempt to rescue his son the father also fell into the crevasse. On Sunday, Search and Rescue authorities were notified of the […] Dylan Cautela | February 6, 2017 1 Comment
Woman Severely Injured After Fall from Ski Lift in Austria On Monday, an incident at Stuhleck ski resort in Semmering, Austria left a woman severely injured. A Hungarian woman (29-years old) and her husband (39-years old) both fell from a chairlift after they had raised the safety bar upon exiting the terminal. The man fell into some protective netting below the terminal, but the woman missed the safety netting and fell seven […] Dylan Cautela | January 24, 2017 0 Comments
Fatal Skier Triggered Avalanche in Austria Yesterday Yesterday around noon a group of three men skiing in Lech-Zurs, Austria triggered an avalanche, which caused the burial of a single skier from their party. The group consisted of one guide and two Dutchman who were skiing off-piste on the Trittkopf Gamsmulde (2720 meters). One of the Dutchman, 33-years old from Amsterdam, was caught in the avalanche and buried completely. The avalanche danger […] Avalanche Dylan Cautela | January 17, 2017 0 Comments
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