13-Foot-Deep, 3,300-Foot-Wide Monster Avalanche Kills Skier in India: An avalanche measured to be D4 (Destructive Force 4 [out of 5] – could destroy a railway car, a house, a large truck, or a substantial amount of forest) with a 13-foot crown was triggered by a lone skier on February 12th, 2015. That skier did not survive the avalanche This avalanche was 13-feet deep 3,300-feet wide, and ran all the way to the valley floor. The size of this avalanche is difficult to fathom. The quotes below are from a person who saw this avalanche occur and who took these photos. The Gulmarg ski area borders the Greater […] Avalanche SnowBrains | February 15, 2015 1 Comment
Female Skier Killed in Avalanche in B.C. | 15th Avy Fatality in Canada This Winter A female backcountry skier was killed in an avalanche on Friday, April 11th, 2014 while skiing in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia. “The subject was fully buried in an avalanche for approximately 45 minutes,” said Shauna Speers, search and rescue manager The avalanche occurred at 3:15pm on Friday on the southeast side of Fairy Meadows Lodge on the […] Avalanche SnowBrains | April 14, 2014 3 Comments
Avalanche Fatality in Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho on Sunday A fatal avalanche occurred in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho at 2pm on Sunday, February 16th, 2014. Four snowmobilers were buried in the avalanche and one was killed. It was a terrible avalanche week in North America last week with 2 avalanche deaths in Oregon, 2 avalanche deaths in Utah, 4 avalanche deaths in Colorado, and one avalanche death in British Columbia. 15 people have died in avalanches in the USA this winter. An avalanche in the Frenchman Creek drainage (northwest of Galena Summit) buried 4 snowmobilers on Sunday February […] Avalanche SnowBrains | February 17, 2014 1 Comment
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