Australia’s Worst Alpine Disaster 25 Years Later: The Thredbo Landslide Shortly before midnight on July 30, 1997, a landslide in the ski resort of Thredbo caused Australia’s worst alpine disaster. After torrential rain and snow in the days leading up, the soil was eroded, causing a landslide that broke the Carinya Lodge in two. Parts of the debris slid further down into the Bimbadeen Lodge and its staff quarters. In […] Avalanche Julia Schneemann | August 5, 2022 1 Comment
[PHOTOS & VIDEOS] Yellowstone National Park Closed and Evacuated Due to Substantial Flooding, Rockslides, and Mudslides SnowBrains | June 14, 2022 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Permafrost Thaw Intensifies Landslide Activity Forcing Denali National Park Road to Close for Season An ongoing landslide in Denali National Park has prompted park officials to close the Denali Park Road for the rest of the season west of the 43-mile mark. Melting permafrost likely due to climate change has caused landslide movement rates that are “unprecedented in the history of the park road,” according to the National Park Service. The 92-mile Denali Park […] Martin Kuprianowicz | August 25, 2021 0 Comments
Loose Gravel Causes Highway Incident in Idaho: Wile E. Coyote, That You? Loose gravel above a highway in Idaho resulted in a large landslide that left a section of road covered with huge boulders and scary-looking jagged rocks that blocked auto travel. Related: Remembering the Tallest Known Mega-Tsunami That Destroyed a Bay in Alaska The culprit? It’s still to be determined by local authorities, however, the crime scene does look like something […] SnowBrains | July 24, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: 8-Houses Swept Into Ocean in Huge Landslide in Norway Just now in Alta, Norway: Huge mudslide dragging several houses into the sea. pic.twitter.com/xR4t5zLI7m — Jan Fredrik Drabløs (@JanFredrikD) June 3, 2020 This video is hard to believe… The video shows houses being swept into the ocean in Alta, Norway yesterday, June 3rd, 2020. Jan Egil Bakkedal told the Associated Press that he filmed this landslide near Alta, Norway on […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 4, 2020 0 Comments
Landslide Damages Multiple Towers of Chairlift at Canadian Resort A landslide on a ski hill in Alberta, Canada damaged a chairlift in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Multiple towers of the only chairlift at Nitehawk Adventure Park, a community ski area located in Grande Prairie, Alberta were caught in the ground movement. Staff had been monitoring gradual movement this spring and took chairs and sheave assemblies off the lift, […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 22, 2020 0 Comments
I-70 in Colorado Buried by Two Huge 3-Foot Deep Rock and Mudslides Two significant mudslides closed I-70 between Glenwood Springs and Wolcott, CO at 1.30 pm Friday afternoon, creating mayhem for the afternoon commute while CDOT drained water and cleared mud from the lanes. According to Colorado State Patrol Trooper Gary Cutler, a “mudslide with rocks in it” occurred at MM 110 westbound along I-70 at around 2:25 p.m. Friday. Traffic began […] SnowBrains | July 29, 2019 1 Comment
Thousands of Holidaymakers in French Ski Resort Trapped by Landslide A landslide that fell onto the only access road to a ski resort in southern France on Tuesday has left around 2,000 people, many of them holidaymakers, trapped reports thelocal.fr. Monts d’Olmes ski resort in the Occitan district of Ariège is currently unreachable by land, the only access road to the popular ski spot called the Ramier was blocked on […] Industry News Steven Agar | February 22, 2018 0 Comments
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