Mountain Guides Accept Plea Bargain as they Face Charges of Manslaughter Over Avalanche Death of Skier they were Guiding Two mountain guides have accepted a plea bargain over the death of a British banker after an off-piste expedition in the Italian Alps turned to disaster, reports the Telegraph. Graeme Porteous was killed when fresh snow turned to liquid beneath him, sweeping him 100-feet down a mountain. During a trip to north-west Italy in February 2015, Mr. Porteous and two friends employed […] Avalanche SnowBrains | April 17, 2018 1 Comment
The Alps Just Got Up To 3 FEET of Snow in 24 Hours | More FEET of Snow On The Way This Weekend Powder Alerts have been issued at many ski resorts throughout Switzerland, Austria and northern Italy and parts of France. The Alps got 50-100cm of new snow from the 5th to the 6th of November. The larger snowfall totals were seen in the high alpine at elevations of 2.000 meters or 6,500 ft or more. “The snowfall was highest in the […] Conditions Report LadyBrains | November 8, 2017 0 Comments
93mph Winds Trap 153 Skiers In Cable Cars In The Italian Alps On Saturday, 153 skiers were trapped in cable cars at the Italian Ski Resort of Cervinia, which is located in the Aosta Valley close to the Swiss Boarder. The cable car failed at an elevation of 8,336 feet. High winds meant that rescue crews couldn’t use helicopters, so they had to resort to ground rescue operations. Wind gusts of up […] Industry News Chris Wallner | December 27, 2016 2 Comments
Body of Skier Missing Since 1980 Found in the Swiss Alps Gregory Barnes was 24-years-old when he went missing in the year 1980 in the Italian and Swiss Alps. He simply disappeared without a trace and nothing of his whereabouts have bee known until this week. Sonja Barnes, Gregory’s sister, got a phone call from Italian officials this week who explained that they had discovered Gregory’s body. Above average summer temperatures in the Alps lead to glacier melting that lead to Greg’s body melting out of an alpine glacier. He was found in a crevasse along with his passport confirming […] SnowBrains | September 30, 2015 0 Comments
Italian Alps Backcountry Conditions Report: 50cms Fresh Snow on Passo della Stelvio After a start to the autumn characterized by unusual warmth, with low snowfall across Alpine ski mountains, the first real precipitation dropped 50cm of snow, mainly in South Tyrol, in the Ortler Alps in Alto Adige (Italy) last week. The winter scenery and the good whether conditions have prompted me to take a tour in the area of Madaccio glacier. The climb, at sunrise from Passo dello Stelvio to Punta degli Spiriti, then down for the long slope to glacier of Madaccio, dominated by Tuckettspitze, skiing on the first powder […] Conditions Report Guest Author | October 27, 2014 0 Comments
Avalanche Kills Irish Climber in Italian Alps | 4th Irishman to Die Mountaineering in a Week A 40-year-old Irishman named Shay Casey was killed by an avalanche last Thursday, July 31st, 2014. He was climbing with 11 other climbers when the avalanche struck in the afternoon heat. The deceased man suffered major head and neck injures. He was swept 50 meters downhill […] Avalanche SnowBrains | August 6, 2014 0 Comments
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