LEARN: 1st Avalanche Death of 2014/15 Video Analysis & Report This past Wednesday, November 26th, 2014, the USA sadly experienced its first avalanche fatality of the 2014/15 winter season. We’d like to make it our last. The best way to learn about avalanches is to learn from avalanche accidents. When we analyze avalanche accidents, we can learn what went wrong and why. Armed with this knowledge, we can potentially avoid avalanche hazards in our own lives moving forward. This video analyzes […] Avalanche SnowBrains | November 30, 2014 0 Comments
Avalanche Death in Montana Yesterday | NOAA “Avalanche Warning” in MT Today: A snowmobiler died in an avalanche in the Cooke City, Montana area at about 1:30pm yesterday, November 26th, 2014. The exact location was on the southwest side of Henderson Mountain in the Miller Creek drainage. The victim was a 31-year-old from North Dakota. The victim and his partner both were carry avalanche equipment. The victim was buried over 5-deep in the avalanche debris. His partner made an impressive effort and had the victim’s head out of the snow in 20-minutes. CPR was performed on the victim without result. […] Avalanche SnowBrains | November 27, 2014 0 Comments
2 Killed in 2 Separate Montana Avalanches Following recent snowfall across the Western U.S. there has been high avalanche activity throughout the Rockies. In the past two days, two people were killed in unrelated incidents near Missoula and Cooke City, Montana. On Monday March 10, Peter Maxwell of Missoula was caught and buried in a slide in the Altoona Lakes area outside of Philipsburg, MT. […] Avalanche SnowBrains | March 12, 2014 1 Comment
One Killed in Utah Avalanche | TERRIBLE Weak Layer in Utah Right Now There is a absolutely frighteningly large and weak layer of faceted snow in Utah right now. If you’re thinking of going into the Utah backcountry, you need to watch this video and search for this weak layer once out there. There is a big strong layer of snow on top of a large, nasty weak layer. Please watch this video and learn. “Ryan A. Noorda and his brother Kevin are out for a day [last Friday] […] Avalanche SnowBrains | March 10, 2014 1 Comment
5 Caught in Colorado Avalanche Yesterday | 1 Still Missing Five snowmobilers were trapped in an avalanche at 10,500 feet in southwestern Colorado yesterday. Four of the people caught were able to free themselves and are all in good condition. One snowmobiler is still trapped under the snow. It is unclear at this moment if any of these snowmobilers had avalanche equipment. The avalanche was reportedly 150 yards wide and ended in a funnel that left snow up to 30 feet deep. These snowmobilers were reportedly riding in the Sharkstooth area of the La Plata Mountains of Colorado when they avalanche struck. They’d ridden out from Mancos, CO and had ridden […] Avalanche SnowBrains | March 6, 2014 1 Comment
Avalanche Death near Togwotee Pass, Wyoming on Tuesday A 26-year-old snowmobiler from Iowa died in an avalanche near Togwotee Pass in Northwest Wyoming on Tuesday, February 18th, 2014. This was the 2nd avalanche death in Wyoming this year and the 16 avalanche fatality this winter in the USA. “A snowmobiler triggering a slide on a south facing slope which failed on a faceted crust around 30 inches below the snow surface. He was buried roughly four feet deep, found with a beacon […] Avalanche SnowBrains | February 21, 2014 0 Comments
2nd Avalanche Death in 2 Days in Utah Utah just recorded their 1st and 2nd avalanche deaths for this winter in just two days; February 8th and 9th, 2014. Avalanche danger has been rated “Extreme” or “High” the past few days in Utah after a big storm dropped 33″ of snow at Alta ski resort, UT. The first avalanche fatality was a BYU student snowshoeing just south of Salt Lake Cit […]y in the American Fork Canyon on Saturday, February […] Avalanche SnowBrains | February 12, 2014 3 Comments
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