VIDEO: How To Do An Avalanche Transceiver Trailhead Test For Skiers & Snowboarders In this video, the BCA team shows you how to perform an avalanche transceiver trailhead test and how to ensure everyone’s beacons are working correctly before heading out on the trail. An important task to perform before heading into the backcountry. Avalanche Chris Wallner | December 13, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Thompson Pass, AK Has Received 76″ of Snow In 5 Days | Crews Are Working To Clear Avalanche Debris The Alaska Department of Transportation just posted of video of crews working on Thompson Pass, AK. The road is closed after a 200-foot long and 20 feet deep avalanche struck the road at 3:30am on Wednesday morning. The area has received 76″ of snow in just 5 days. It will be a long clean up process, but crews are working to […] Avalanche Chris Wallner | December 7, 2017 0 Comments
20-Foot Deep & 200-Foot Long Avalanche On Thompson Pass, AK Closes Road To Valdez According to the Alaska Department of Transportation, an avalanche on Thompson Pass, AK has shut down the Richardson Highway to Valdez. It was reported that the avalanche was 200 feet long and 20 feet deep. The pass received 15″ of snow in 90 minutes yesterday and over 40″ of snow in total. The Richardson highway is the only way out of the […] Avalanche Chris Wallner | December 7, 2017 0 Comments
An Early Season Avalanche Occurred On Mount Washington, NH On Friday Closer look, crown of Friday's Central Gully #huntingtonravine human triggered #avalanche . Even the minimal snow in our terrain can produce an avalanche. #earlyseason #mwac pic.twitter.com/whMDUGOL4d — MWAC (@Avalanchecenter) December 2, 2017 According to the Mount Washington Avalanche Center, an early season avalanche occurred on Mount Washington, NH on Friday. The slide took place in the Central Gully area of Huntington […] Avalanche Chris Wallner | December 6, 2017 1 Comment
Eastern Sierra Avalanche Center: Rock Fall In Bloody Couloir, CA On Saturday Eastern Sierra Avalanche Center: Rock Fall In Bloody Couloir Information From A Group Of Skiers In The Area “We were booting up the bloody couloir around 9AM on Saturday and decided to start heading up the lookers right flank when a small compact car sized boulder fell from the left flank wall causing a huge rock and snow slide. No crown per say, but […] Avalanche Guest Author | December 6, 2017 5 Comments
Utah Avalanche Center: Adjusting To A Different Snowpack Climate Utah Avalanche Center: Adjusting To A Different Snowpack Climate By: Tyler Falk Adjusting to a Different Snowpack Climate The 2016/2017 winter season in the Salt Lake area mountains will be remembered by many to have felt overall warmer and wetter than normal. Some might even call it coastal, based on our weather and avalanche activity. I recently looked at all the available data on […] Avalanche Guest Author | December 6, 2017 0 Comments
Current Avalanche Conditions In Missoula, MT | Small Wind Slabs Pose A Risk Original Article: Missoula Avalanche By: Travis Craft Good morning, this is Travis Craft with the West Central Montana Avalanche Center’s early season update for December 01 , 2017. Mountain temperatures range from 18 F to 28 F in the region. Winds are 10 mph with gusts of 13 mph out of the SSW in the Bitterroot. Point Six, in the northern […] Avalanche AvyBrains | December 1, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: To Hell In A Heartbeat | The Story Of A Miraculous Avalanche Survival [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py_zhaw9ce4"] AvyBrains | December 1, 2017 94 Likes 1 Tweet 0 Comments
Avalanche Fatality in Alaska Last Week Was A Local Legend It comes with a heavy heart in announcing that’s last week’s avalanche fatality took the life of 60 year old Randy Bergt on Hatcher Pass, Alaska. Bergt was with two others when he entered the slope, which triggered the avalanche. He was caught, then carried through a terrain trap, before being buried approximately four feet deep. His partners were able to […] Avalanche Mitch McDermott | November 27, 2017 0 Comments
First Hand Account of November 16th, 2017 Lake Tahoe, NV Avalanche That Injured 2 Skiers At 9am on Thursday, November 16th, 2017 two backcountry skiers were caught in an avalanche in Lake Tahoe, NV. Both were injured. This is a detailed account by one of the group of four skiers involved in the avalanche and rescue. This avalanche occurred on Hourglass Bowl on Tamarack Peak in Lake Tahoe, NV. According to the Sierra Avalanche Center, this […] Avalanche AvyBrains | November 23, 2017 1 Comment
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
Two Snowboarders Were Caught In An Avalanche Near Aspen, CO On Saturday Avalanche Report From CAIC: A party of two snowboarders (Rider 1 and Rider 2) had a close call when they triggered an avalanche from below that caught one rider, carried him down the gully they were riding, and left him partially buried but uninjured. On the morning of the accident, Rider 1 read the Statewide Avalanche Avalanche summary from the previous […] Avalanche AvyBrains | November 22, 2017 1 Comment
VIDEO: Know Before You Go | A Serious Reminder Of How Important Avalanche Education Is The American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education teamed up with the Utah Avalanche Center to bring you this powerful, bone-chilling video about avalanche safety and awareness. This is a good reminder of how not only having the necessary avalanche gear is important, but also having the proper training and knowledge on how to use it, is equally as important. […] Avalanche Mitch McDermott | November 21, 2017 0 Comments
Skier Killed By Avalanche In Berchtesgaden, Germany On Sunday According to BGK, a female skier was killed in an avalanche on Kehlstein Mountain, Germany on Sunday, November 19th, 2017. A 50-year-old female skier was touring near the town of Berchtesgaden, when she came into a steep groove in the mountain, where she was struck by an avalanche. The avalanche came down from a steep couloir and struck the woman at an elevation of […] Avalanche AvyBrains | November 20, 2017 0 Comments
3 Backcountry Skiers Trigger An Avalanche On Mt Arethusa, Alberta, Canada On Saturday, Kananaskis Country Public Safety Section responded to the report of an avalanche. Three backcountry skiers triggered a Size 2 avalanche on Mt Arethusa, Alberta, Canada. One of the skiers escaped the avalanche, another was partially buried, and the other was fully buried by the slide. Thankfully, the victims were rescued and they all survived the scary ordeal. KCPS Press Release: […] Avalanche AvyBrains | November 20, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Get Avalanche Smart | Don’t Be Like Dick [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc9YtBTdc2c&feature=youtu.be"] Chris Wallner | November 9, 2017 55 Likes 1 Tweet 0 Comments
VIDEO: 8 Climbers Buried By An Avalanche On Lenin Peak In Kyrgyzstan This scary footage from July shows 8 climbers getting buried by an avalanche on Lenin Peak in Kyrgyzstan. Thankfully, the six German climbers and two Swiss climbers survived the slide. After, the climbers abandoned their ascent of the mountain and proceeded at a lower elevation. Featured Image Courtesy of: NewsFlare/Daily Mail UK Avalanche Chris Wallner | November 8, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: HUGE Avalanche Caught On Camera In Pakistan Avalancha en montañas del Istor-o-Nal, #Pakistán, tras tormenta a 7.400m en el Hindu Kush Por Kaleem Khan, el 30.10.2017. #Avalanche #Snow pic.twitter.com/obTTIv4lkO — Alerta Climagram (RIP) (@deZabedrosky) November 2, 2017 This HUGE avalanche was caught on video in August, but was just released. It occurred on one of the country’s highest peak in the Hindu Kush Mountain Range. These guys captured […] Avalanche Chris Wallner | November 6, 2017 1 Comment
VIDEO: How Utah Avalanche Center Creates Their Avalanche Forecasts Have you ever wondered how avalanche forecasts are created? Well the Utah Avalanche Center has all the answers for you. This 6-minute video will educate you on how Avalanche Centers across the nation work to save your life. Avalanche Chris Wallner | October 30, 2017 0 Comments
Human Triggered Avalanche, 600FT X 350FT, 12″ DEEP | First Of Season For Chugach, AK Anchorage Avalanche Center , Chugach State Park, Alaska, just saw a very large early season avalanche on Saturday. They issued the following report of a recorded observation of the first human triggered avalanche report in the Park this season. “First reported human triggered avalanche of the season in Chugach State Park (Front Range – Powerline Valley – South Ship Lake Pass) yesterday (Saturday). […] Avalanche LadyBrains | October 30, 2017 0 Comments
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