Preliminary Report: Backcountry Skier Killed in Avalanche near Crested Butte, CO Crested Butte, CO – On Friday, December 18th, 2020, a solo skier was caught and killed in a persistent slab avalanche on the northwest end of the Anthracite Range. A group of two skiers noticed he had not returned to his snowmobile and saw a recent avalanche where the victim intended to ski. The two skiers extracted the skier using […] Avalanche Dominic Gawel | December 18, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Frightening Clip Shows Snowmobilers Triggering and Getting Buried in Colorado Avalanche The Colorado Avalanche Information Center shared this scary video over the weekend, as a warning to all of us: How and where we impact known buried weak layers can mean the difference between a no-feedback, “routine” run and triggering a dangerous avalanche on that same piece of terrain. This video of an avalanche incident near Leadville in Birdseye Gulch from […] Avalanche AvyBrains | February 25, 2020 0 Comments
Avalanche Carried and Buried 2 Snowmobilers in Idaho on Saturday A close call occurred Saturday afternoon when two riders were caught and carried by an avalanche just north of the Idaho State Line in the Bear River Range, reports the Utah Avalanche Center. Related: Tahoe Pro Skier Josh Daiek Barely Escapes Avalanche The party of four was riding a bit northeast of Corral Hollow, near the ridge between Franklin Basin […] Avalanche AvyBrains | December 9, 2019 0 Comments
NOAA: 2018/19 = Northern California’s 4th Wettest Year In The Last 20 Years! Last winter Squaw Valley had its snowiest February EVER. They received 246 inches or 20.5 feet of snow. That’s a record for the month by 50 inches, and only 3 feet from surpassing the snowiest month ever on record (January 2017, 282 inches). The 2018/2019 season at Squaw valley was their 3rd snowiest season ever with 719″ of snowfall. The […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 3, 2019 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe Guy Digs Out Jeep Buried Beneath 10-Feet of Snow Since November A Tesla engineer bought a 2000 Jeep Cherokee in November, but before he could spend much time enjoying it, it ended up buried beneath 10-feet of snow near Lake Tahoe. Within an hour of being bought, a blizzard hit, preventing tow companies from helping, so the engineer left the vehicle for four months to be crushed by 10 feet of […] SnowBrains | May 29, 2019 0 Comments
Mount Hood, OR Patroller Survives After Being Buried in an Avalanche Whilst Working A Mount Hood ski patroller was buried and seriously injured in an avalanche Wednesday afternoon while working in a closed area of the resort, reports OregonLive.com. A trio of patrollers were working in the area when the avalanche occurred, according to a resort spokesman. The patrollers were boot packing in a closed area of the resort, known as God’s Wall, in […] Avalanche Steven Agar | January 26, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Frightening Reminder of How Quickly an Awesome Powder Day Could Go Wrong Watch this video of a group of guys shredding Whistler powder after the recent massive snowfall. It seems fairly innocuous at first, boarders ripping up the pow in the trees just above a catwalk, but quickly goes bad. Watch until the end. The guy filming is a hero! Buy that guy a beer… Steven Agar | January 24, 2018 1 Comment
Dump of the Decade! The Alps are Getting Buried Right Now | Resorts and Roads Closed & Extreme Avalanche Danger It’s a storm that only happens once every thirty years in the French Haute Tarentaise / Haute Maurienne according to MétéoFrance. Check out the forecast which tells you everything about this insane storm in the Alps here. Resorts are closed, roads are closed and it’s no surprise that the avalanche danger is critical in all the regions above. Here’s what we […] Weather Steven Agar | January 9, 2018 2 Comments
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