UPDATE: Final Report Published For Colorado Avalanche that Killed Backcountry Tourer on April 15 The CAIC just published a final report for the April 15 avalanche that caught two backcountry tourers on Red Peak in Colorado’s Gore Range, killing one of them. “On April 15, a group of backcountry tourers were involved in an avalanche near Red Peak in the Gore Range. Two riders were caught. The avalanche swept one rider the length of […] Avalanche AvyBrains | April 22, 2020 0 Comments
Backcountry Tourer Killed in Colorado Avalanche Yesterday: 5th Avalanche Fatality in CO This Season Yesterday, Wednesday, April 15, 2020, Colorado had its fifth avalanche fatality of the 2019/2020 season in a backcountry area near the town of Silverthorne. The avalanche danger for the area was rated as “moderate” on Wednesday. Attached below is the preliminary report from the CAIC: PRELIMINARY REPORT: A group of three backcountry tourers were involved in an avalanche. The group […] Avalanche AvyBrains | April 16, 2020 0 Comments
Skier Triggered Avalanche in Coalpit Headwall, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT Last Friday, Feb. 21 a skier unintentionally triggered a soft slab avalanche on a Northeast aspect at 10,400 feet on the Coalpit Headwall in Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT. The avalanche danger in the Salt Lake area mountains this day was LOW. The slide was about 35 feet wide and carried one person without burying him. This is the skier’s detailed first-person […] Avalanche AvyBrains | February 22, 2020 0 Comments
Powder Mountain, UT Report: Sunny Cat Skiing & Leftover Pow [arve url="https://snowbrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/joined_video_7d5fb4c24c544856a812232bac513fac.mp4"] Martin Kuprianowicz | February 1, 2020 Likes Tweets 1 Comment
VIDEO: The Gnarliest Couloir Ever Skied? | 28,000′ Lhotse Couloir [arve url="https://youtu.be/wPXSFVruIHI"] SnowBrains | October 15, 2019 Likes Tweets 1 Comment
Skier On First Date Requires Rescue After a Nasty Fall In “The Great One” Summer skiing is awesome but not without its hazards. The Gallatin County Sheriffs Office is reporting that a 23-year-old female (while on a first date) fell and required rescue while attempting to ski The Great One north of Bozeman, Montana on Wednesday evening at about 9:30 pm. The Great One is an aesthetic north-facing couloir that often holds snow late […] Crash Mike Lavery | August 9, 2019 0 Comments
2 Heliskiers Including Guide Killed After Falling 1,000-Feet Down Couloir in Mont Blanc Massif, Switzerland Two heliskiers including a guide have died in a fall while descending a couloir on the Swiss side of the Mont Blanc Massif above Orsières. The accident happened at 10.45am on Tuesday. The group of five ski tourers was dropped by helicopter on the Trient plateau, one of the areas authorized for heliskiing in the Valais canton, where they then skinned […] SnowBrains | April 11, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: Aymar Navarro Drops Latest KAYAK Episode with the Gnarliest Couloir You’ve Ever Seen [arve url="https://youtu.be/iZeIQ2PClLo"] SnowBrains | September 18, 2018 0 Likes 3 Tweets 0 Comments