Skier Takes 400-Foot Ride in Avalanche in Lake Tahoe Today: A skier rode an avalanche off Castle Peak on Donner Summit near Lake Tahoe, CA yesterday. The avalanche took the skier for a 400-foot ride. The avalanche was 60-feet wide. The skier in the avalanche was hit by a secondary avalanche after being initially caught […] Avalanche SnowBrains | December 16, 2014 0 Comments
2nd Avalanche Fatality of 2014/15 in USA | One Dead in Alaskan Avalanche: The USA just suffered its 2nd avalanche fatality of the 2014/15 winter season. Two skiers were caught in an avalanche in Alaska’s Rainbow Mountain off the Richardson Highway on Sunday afternoon. One skier (35-years-old) was killed in the avalanche and the other (63-years-old) was able to dig himself out and survived. “It was reported that (Hopper) had been skiing with a man tentatively identified as (Peterson) when they heard a ‘whoomp’ […] Avalanche Miles Clark | December 8, 2014 0 Comments
Two Snowboarders Killed In Australian Avalanche Two snowboarders (32 and 33-years-old) have died in an avalanche in the remote 6,516-foot Mount Bogong are of Australia’s Victoria Provence’s Alpine National Park. The first snowboarder’s body was found on Monday via his avalanche beacon’s signal. He was buried 15 feet deep. The second snowboarder was found today at 10:30am […] Avalanche SnowBrains | July 15, 2014 2 Comments