67 Avalanche Deaths In The Alps So Far This Season According to We Powder, 16 weeks after the Alps turned white on January 3rd, 2016, avalanches in the Alps have claimed 67 victims. That averages out to be slightly less than 4 avalanche deaths per week. In 2011/12, the Alps saw 68 deaths all year. In 2013/14, the Alps saw 80 avalanche deaths all year. In 2010/11, the Alps saw 83 avalanche deaths all year. 67 […] Avalanche Chris Wallner | May 15, 2016 0 Comments
Video: Skiing the East Face of the Matterhorn The Matterhorn, on the Swiss- Italian border, has been providing a challenge to mountaineers, skiers, and climbers alike. In this short recap video featuring: Luca Zattoni, Luca Zanette (videography), and Roberto Rossi; the three ski down the east face of the Matterhorn. Now in the POV footage and some of the other shots in this clip- it may look like the skiers […] Keenan Grady | May 11, 2016 4 Comments
Obergurgl, Austria Conditions Report: Spring Powder We went on a 2 day trip to the Ötztal hunting for some spring powder in Obergurgl/Hochgurgl. Last weekend it snowed roughly 20 cm, so Obergurgl with it’s high elevation up to 3100m was the perfect place to go. Generally it’s been a low snow year in the southern Alps this season but above 2600m there are still great dry pow stashes to be found. Obergurgl offers a huge amount of terrain and amazing lift infrastructure giving access to seven huge bowls that have AK like terrain. Conditions Report Eike Poeppelmeier | April 14, 2016 0 Comments
Rendl, St. Anton, Austria Conditions Report: Ridge Climbing to the Pow The lifts at the Rendl, St.Anton take you up to over 2600m directly to an endless ridge line with plenty of drop in points for steep, big mountain lines. There is even a fixed rope traverse to make the exposed walk across the ridge a lot safer. Conditions Report Eike Poeppelmeier | March 13, 2016 0 Comments
Arlberg, Austria Conditions Report: Splitboarding Bliss at the Rendl Yesterday was absolutely epic. Splitboarding with local shredder/mountain guide Bas Elhorst in his back yard the Rendl. Conditions were perfect, velvety AK like pow in protected and north facing slopes, almost no wind and bluebird skies. We did a series of hikes and lines. Riding three completely untracked big mountain lines in perfect powder. Conditions Report Eike Poeppelmeier | March 11, 2016 0 Comments
Arlberg, Austria Conditions Report: Deep Pow is Back This week has been amazing with fresh powder pretty much everyday. Especially last nights storm brought the goods. It snowed 30 cm all the way down to the Valley and finally Arlbergs amazing treeruns with fun, playful terrain were full on again. Conditions Report Eike Poeppelmeier | March 6, 2016 0 Comments
Arlberg, Austria Conditions Report Video: Promising Start for March March has been of to great start. Tuesday we got 20-30 cm on a firm base but great blower pow. Wednesday it was a little warm and few flakes, this was great for the snowpack softening up that hard layer. Thursday we woke up to another 20cms of blower pow and no more buried crust. Not much going on at the resort so we had a great group pow shred all day as shown in the short video. Conditions Report Eike Poeppelmeier | March 4, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Snowboarder Rides Out Of Huge Avalanche In Switzerland Check out Kevin Bantli as he triggers and rides out of quite a large storm slab in Arosa Switzerland at the Weisshorn. The avalanche danger in the Alps is currently considerable (3/5 on the scale), which generally means that avalanches can occur and that human triggered avalanches are likely. All the new snow falling makes the skiing appear good everywhere, however […] Avalanche Keenan Grady | January 26, 2016 0 Comments
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