Avalanche Claims Life of Freeride World Tour Mountain Guide in Andorra Competitive big mountain skiing carries with it a pretty heavy amount of inherent risk. And unfortunately, tragedy unfolded Thursday morning at the Vallnord-ArcalÃs stop on the Freeride World Tour (FWT) when one of the mountain guides in charge of competitor safety died in an avalanche at the Andorran resort, according to TGR. In a short Facebook post announcing the passing […] Avalanche AvyBrains | March 2, 2018 0 Comments
Man Killed at Tyrol Basin Ski and Snowboard Area after Hitting Tree A 37-year-old man from Waukesha, WI was killed on Saturday afternoon during a ski accident in the town of Vermont, at Tyrol Basin Ski and Snowboard area, the Dane County Sheriff’s Office said Monday, reports Wisconsin State Journal. The man was killed when he struck a tree and suffered serious injuries while traveling “at a high rate of speed” at the […] Steven Agar | February 6, 2018 0 Comments
Volcano Erupting Causes Fatal Avalanche in Japanese Ski Resort A volcano erupting near a ski resort in Japan has triggered an avalanche, killing one and injuring more than a dozen skiers, reports The Telegraph. A torrent of rocks reportedly hit the ski slopes following the eruption of Mount Kusatsu-Shirane, a 7,090ft volcano, in Gunma prefecture, north-west of Tokyo. Six members of Japan’s Ground Self-Defence Forces who were conducting a winter training […] Avalanche Steven Agar | January 23, 2018 0 Comments
Snowmobiler Dies in Avalanche in Southern Montana An avalanche took the life of a snowmobiler on Tuesday in the southern Madison range in southwestern Montana, reports the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center. The avalanche struck in the Mail Cabin Creek area on the western portion of Sage Peak. The group of 6 snowmobilers from Minnesota were aware of the unstable conditions at the time of the accident […] Avalanche Steven Agar | January 4, 2018 0 Comments
TEN Human-Triggered Avalanches In The Bridger Teton Zone Since Friday That’s right, in the last 5 days the Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center has received 10 reports of human triggered avalanches in the backcountry. Seven of these avalanches were triggered by skiers, 2 by snowmobilers and 1 by snowboarders. One of these avalanches resulted in a fatality. Another almost buried 3 skiers, two of whom managed to dig themselves out, converge and find […] Sergei Poljak | December 13, 2016 0 Comments
Skier Triggered Avalanche Kills Skier in Austrian Alps Yesterday On Sunday afternoon at 2 pm, two skiers triggered an avalanche in the Hintertux Glacier area located in the Tyrol region of Austria on the Zillertal Alps. The two men who were locals of the region had been ski touring off-piste on a north-facing ridge in steep terrain at about 10,750′ elevation when the avalanche occurred. The older of the two men, age […] Avalanche Dylan Cautela | October 17, 2016 1 Comment
Video: A Skibute to the Classics “The ski bum trades security for face shots, the future for the moment. Considering how hollow the promise of a corporate career has become, who can say the ski bum is not the wiser investor in his or her youth?” -Author Unknown Need your daily dose of awesome? Here’s a montage of ski clips dedicated to all the skiers who […] Keenan Grady | May 4, 2016 0 Comments
2nd Avalanche Death In Small Region of B.C. In 2 Weeks This season has been one for the books in terms of avalanche fatalities.  There was a 34 year-old Sicamous man who was riding his sled solo and was trapped in an avalanche on March 10th.  Read that article here.  More recently, this week, there was another fatality recorded in British Columbia.  He was part of a group of snowmobilers that […] Avalanche Keenan Grady | March 21, 2016 0 Comments
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