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1000s of People Protest Plans to Blow Up an Austrian Glacier to Merge 2 Ski Resorts

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Thousands of people took to the streets of Innsbruck, Austria, on Friday to protest the planned destruction of a glacier to connect the Pitztal Glacier and Ötztal Glacier ski resorts in Tyrol, Austria. The plans involve exploding and removing more than 750,000 cubic metres of snow, rock and ice from the mountainside to create new ski slopes and services, reports […]

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SnowBrains | April 25, 2022
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Michigan Ski Resort Abandoned for 20 Years Finally Gets Torn Down

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Sugar Loaf Ski Resort, located in Leelanau County, Michigan, was recently demolished. The vacant resort had been abandoned for 20 years before being torn down on Wednesday. The once-booming Sugar Loaf Ski Resort originally opened in 1947. Sugar Loaf Ski Resort was home to a ski school, golf course, recreational room, lodge, and hotel. The resort attracted 3,000 to 4,000 […]

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Avatar photo Breya Bergom | November 7, 2021
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VIDEO: Patagonian Rime Ice Mushroom Collapses

The destruction caused by a rime ice mushroom in Patagonia which recently collapsed in almost unreal to watch. From far away, Cerro Torre — the natural fixture in the shape of a mushroom composed of rime ice — looks seemingly harmless. And then a part of it breaks loose, raining frozen hell on anything below. This video was captured by […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | March 6, 2020
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VIDEO: As the Snow Melts the Real Destruction of Colorado’s Historic Avalanches is Revealed

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AvyBrains | May 20, 2019
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