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[VIDEO] Massive Rockslide Narrowly Misses Hikers Below on Mont Blanc, France

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Climber Lewis Muir filmed this insane rockslide on Mont Blanc on Monday that narrowly missed a group of climbers below. The rockslide occurred on the The Cosmiques Arete on the Aiguille du Midi, an extremely popular alpine climb from Chamonix, France. The incident affirms why routes on […]

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CragBrains | September 2, 2022
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Mont-Blanc Mountain Hut in Italy Crashes From its Altitude of 12,057 Feet

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The Alberico Borgna mountain hut crashed this week from an altitude of 12,057 ft (3,675m) down the south-west side of the Italian side of the Mont-Blanc massif. The hut was located right on the French-Italian border between Tour Ronde and Mont Maudit. The hut could be reached in about 2.5 hours from Punta Helbronner at 3,466m, which is serviced by […]

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Julia Schneemann | August 29, 2022
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[VIDEO] Boater Captures Huge Rockslide at Lake Powell on Memorial Day

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SnowBrains | June 3, 2022
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Mudslides Trapped Vehicles on Snake River Canyon, Near Jackson, WY | Fully Reopen Now

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Highway crews worked yesterday evening to clear debris from the road in Snake River Canyon, near Jackson, WY when a sudden hailstorm caused multiple rock and mudslides, closing Highway 26/89 and trapping vehicles between fallen rocks and earth up to a few feet deep. Nobody was injured. Related: Time Is Running Out Before Jackson Hole, WY Season Pass Goes Up […]

SnowBrains | August 2, 2019
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I-70 in Colorado Buried by Two Huge 3-Foot Deep Rock and Mudslides

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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
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Flash Flood & Rockslide DESTROY Ski Resort in Slovakia: Photo Tour

all photos from Vrátna ski resort facebook page Vrátna ski resort in northern Slovakia took a big hit this week when a flood and subsequent landslide destroyed the base area and gondola. We haven’t been able to find any news about this flood and destruction besides this short blurb: The ski resort of Vrátna in northern Slovakia was devastated by a flash flood that caused a mud and rock slide which engulfed a lift station. The photos they put on their facebook page say everything that you […]

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SnowBrains | July 28, 2014
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5 Hikers Dead in Large Colorado Rockslide | 13-year-old Girl Survives Via Father’s Sacrifice

Very sad news coming out of Colorado today.  A rockslide “the size of several football fields” killed 5 people at a vista point at Agnes Vaille Falls in Northrop in South-Central Colorado on Monday.  One 13-year-old girl survived the slide and was the only person to do so.  She suffered a broken leg.  Sadly, it appears that the 5 people […]

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SnowBrains | October 1, 2013
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