UPDATE: Body of Missing Skier Found at Squaw Valley | 42-Year Old From Rocklin, CA UPDATE: CBS Sacramento is reporting that a body has been found during the search that delayed Squaw Valley opening this morning. The body has been identified as 42-year old Wenyu Zhang from Rocklin, CA. —————————————————————————- Squaw Valley ski resort just opened after skiing and riding operations were on hold all morning during a search and rescue mission. At 9 pm […] Steven Agar | March 2, 2018 4 Comments
Climbers Missing On ‘Killer Mountain’, Pakistan Presumed Dead But Active GPS Signals Show They Could Be Potentially Alive The two climbers, Alberto Zerain (Spain), and Mariano Galvan (Argentina), went missing while attempting to summit the 8,125 meter (26,656 ft) peak, Mount Nanga Parbat. Pakistan government says that an avalanche killed them, but Mariano’s family ensures that they could still be alive. What happened On June 15th, Mariano Galván (37) and Alberto Zerain (55), two experienced climbers from Argentina and Spain, respectively, arrived at base camp of […] Climbing Matias Ricci | July 9, 2017 1 Comment
Four American Skiers Injured in Avalanche near Rossland, BC During Cat Ski Operation Four American skiers have been airlifted back to the States following an avalanche on Mount Mackienear near Rossland during a cat ski operation with Big Red Cats last Thursday. The avalanche occurred Thursday afternoon at approximately 2:30 p.m. and resulted in broken bone injuries to four skiers from Spokane, Washington. “There was an avalanche with a group from Big Red […] Avalanche Matias Ricci | January 23, 2017 0 Comments
Search and Rescue Volunteer Injured by Avalanche During Mission in Colorado Routt County Search and Rescue member Jay Bowman was swept by an avalanche last Thursday during a night mission on Buffalo Pass. He broke his arm, fractured his leg and sustained a laceration to the head. Search and Rescue was called out at about 3:45 p.m. Thursday to help a skier and snowboarder who were lost and needed help getting out of the North […] Avalanche Matias Ricci | January 14, 2017 0 Comments
Colorado Teens Rescued After 48-Hour Whiteout on Summit of a 14,000′ Peak Colorado teens Tommy Hendricks and Matt Smith were successfully rescued from an area near Mount of the Holy Cross on the day before Thanksgiving. The two teens had spent a few days in the backcountry after becoming lost due to whiteout conditions which set in with a storm front that blanketed most of the west. The pair have had several successful summits of other 14ers […] Backcountry Dylan Cautela | November 30, 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
Snowboarder Found After Three Days Lost in Whistler 20 year-old snowboarder Julie Abrahamsen was found Saturday by search and rescue teams after she got lost Wednesday while snowboarding on Blackcomb Mountain at Whistler Blackcomb ski resort in British Columbia. Abrahamsen, visiting from Norway, had been snowboarding alone Wednesday, and was reported missing by a room mate Friday after she hadn’t returned home. Whistler RCMP, Ski Patrol and Search […] Industry News Eric Behn | January 25, 2015 0 Comments
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