VIDEO: Snowboarder With NO Avalanche Gear Triggers Avalanche 50-Yards From Last Week’s Fatal Avalanche in Park City, UT View this post on Instagram A post shared by Utah Avalanche Center (@utavy) Today, Christmas, a snowboarder with no avalanche equipment nor avalanche training triggered a significant avalanche just outside the ski area boundaries of Park City ski resort, Utah. This avalanche occurred only about 50-yards from the location of a fatal avalanche last week on December 15th (the man […] Avalanche AvyBrains | December 25, 2019 5 Comments
Skier Killed in Avalanche in Alaska Yesterday | 2nd Avalanche Death of Season in USA “This avalanche was absolutely human triggered. One person triggered it, one person got carried, and one person ended up dead.” – Jed Workman, Director of Hatcher Pass Avalanche Center told KTUU One backcountry skier triggered, was caught in, and was killed by an avalanche off Hatcher Pass, AK on Wednesday afternoon.  His two ski partners were able to located him, extract him, […] Avalanche AvyBrains | November 23, 2017 1 Comment
Full Details, Helicopter Footage, & Images of Avalanche That Killed Inge Perkins & Lead Hayden Kennedy to Suicide On October 7th, 2017, two skiers were skinning up Imp Peak in Montana when they triggered an avalanche. The skiers were famous climbers Hayden Kennedy and Inge Perkins who were lovers living together in nearby Bozeman. 2 Skiers Caught in Avalanche in Montana on Saturday | One Killed, Survivor Took His Own Life In Grief The avalanche fully buried Inge. […] Avalanche AvyBrains | October 12, 2017 1 Comment
2 Skiers Caught in Avalanche in Montana on Saturday | One Killed, Survivor Took His Own Life In Grief On Saturday, October 7th 2017, a backcountry skier, famous climber Inge Perkins, was fully buried and killed in an avalanche while approaching Imp Peak, MT. Her ski partner, famous climber Hayden Kennedy, was only partially buried by the avalanche, searched for his buried partner, couldn’t find her, hiked out, and notified authorities. The next day, Hayden took his own life […] Avalanche AvyBrains | October 10, 2017 3 Comments
Two People From Boston, MA Caught in Avalanche & Presumed Dead in Banff, Canada “What we were able to see was snowshoe tracks into avalanche debris with no tracks leading out.” – Tania Peters, Parks Canada Spokesperson Canadian police are reporting that two American snowshoers were caught in an avalanche near Banff, Canada. Â Their bodies haven’t yet been recovered, but they are presumed to be dead. Â The avalanche occurred about 20 minutes drive north […] Avalanche AvyBrains | March 16, 2017 0 Comments
Austrian Man Suffers Fatal Cardiac Arrest In Avalanche Near Revelstoke A 52 year-old Austrian man has been pronounced dead after an skier-triggered avalanche in Revelstoke, BC. The exact cause of death appears to be a cardiac arrest suffered during the avalanche that caught three heli-skiers in the Goldstream area, 100 km north of Revelstoke, on Monday afternoon. The government initially withheld the name of the heli operator, although Canadian Mountain Holidays (CMH) have […] Avalanche Sergei Poljak | March 10, 2017 0 Comments
14 Skiers Caught, 1 Killed in Avalanche Near Whistler, B.C. Yesterday A 33-year-old male backcountry skier was killed in an avalanche in British Columbia’s Callaghan Valley yesterday at around 11:15am.  Callaghan Valley is very near Whistler, B.C.  Whistler Search and Rescue is reporting that 14 skiers were caught in the avalanche and one skier was fully buried and killed in the Hanging Lake area of Callaghan Valley. The deceased man is […] Avalanche AvyBrains | March 5, 2017 1 Comment
New Zealand Ski Guide Killed in Avalanche in Niseko, Japan: A ski guide from New Zealand died in an avalanche in Japan yesterday, Saturday. Sam Kerr, 35, was snowboarding in an off-limits zone at Niseko ski resort in Hokkaido when he was buried by an avalanche and killed. Sam posted the above photo to his facebook page only hours before he passed away. Sam ran guides adventure tours out of […] Avalanche AvyBrains | February 26, 2017 0 Comments