Why This Ski Season Has Seen More Fatal In-Bounds Crashes This season has been off to a rocky start in many ways. Many resorts have been dealing with the lack of snow across the nation, as well as an increase in fatal crashes. Ski resorts all across the country have been in a drought. This winter has been exceptionally dry of late, and on top of it, areas have seen […] Crash Aunika Skogen | February 15, 2022 14 Comments
10 People Have Died at North American Ski Resorts in the Last Few Weeks At least ten people have sadly died following accidents at North American ski resorts in the past few weeks, highlighting the inherent danger of the sport we all love. What’s going on? Is it the low snow conditions? A teenage boy has died after a skier collision in the Sugarloaf area at Alta Ski Area, UT, just before 10 am Monday, February […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 14, 2022 11 Comments
2 Fatalities at Ski Resorts in Utah and New Mexico Over Thanksgiving There were two tragic accidents at American ski resorts last week, both resulting in fatalities. A 55-year-old man skiing with his son was airlifted to hospital in an extremely critical condition Wednesday after an accident at Brighton Ski Resort, UT. He later died of his injuries. Lee Draper and his son were skiing at 9:30 am in the White Snake area […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 29, 2021 0 Comments
UPDATE: Victims’ Beacons We’re Turned OFF in Both Recent Teton Mountains Avalanche Fatalities It’s been a heavy couple of weeks in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. On top of a global pandemic, two young men were killed in avalanche accidents on Wednesday, April 1, and Friday, April 3. It has now been confirmed that both victims did not have their avalanche transceivers turned on at the time they were caught and buried by avalanches. On […] Avalanche AvyBrains | April 8, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: The Average Age of People Dying in Avalanches Is Increasing. Why? [arve url="https://youtu.be/cb_776117Mg"] AvyBrains | January 24, 2020 0 Likes 4 Tweets 0 Comments
Avalanches Are the Most Frequent Cause of Weather Fatalities in Almost All Mountainous States An interesting map Tweeted last week by Washington Submit meteorologist and USTornadoes.com co-founder Ian Livingston reveals that the “most frequent cause of weather fatalities by NWS County Warning Area” is avalanches for the majority of mountainous states. Related: Colorado Avalanche Danger is Highest Since Records Began | 3,000 Slides this Year Already Along the coastlines, it’s riptides, the south, and […] Avalanche WeatherBrains | September 27, 2019 0 Comments
STUDY: 30% of All Avalanche Fatalities in Western USA Occurred During an Atmospheric River Research published by Benjamin Hatchet, Susan Burak, Jon Rutz, Nina Oakley, Edward Bair, and Michael Kaplan in the Journal of Hydrometerology suggests a strong link between Atmospheric River (AR) events and avalanche deaths. According to their research, 31% of avalanche fatalities between 1998 and 2014 occurred either during or shortly after an AR event. West Coast skiers got very […] Avalanche Roger Romani | February 17, 2019 0 Comments
STUDY: 30% of all Avalanche Fatalities Amongst Tourers Occur Whilst Ascending the Mountain Utah Avalanche Center has an interesting blog post on their site, titled ‘Avalanche Fatalities During Uphill Traveling‘. According to their research, 30% of tourer fatalities occur when the skiers are ascending. Whilst most tourers, and indeed a lot of educational resources, focus on the dangers whilst descending, it is clear that more focus needs to be put on assessing terrain and […] Avalanche Steven Agar | February 8, 2018 0 Comments
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