Fishing Boat Saves Arctic Fox Stranded on Iceberg just Hours From Death Alan Russell of St. Lewis said his crab-fishing boat was just over four miles offshore when they spotted something on a nearby iceberg: an arctic fox reportsย CBC. “We seen something on the ice. Wasn’t sure what it was,” Russell told CBC’s Labrador Morning. “So we got up closer to it. It was a little fox, Arctic fox. And he wasn’t […] SnowBrains | June 29, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Incredible Footage of Huge Great White Shark Stranded in Shallow Water [arve url="https://youtu.be/-79oB38Jhjk"] SnowBrains | June 29, 2018 89 Likes 1 Tweet 0 Comments
Thousands Stranded in Zermatt as Resort Cut-Off for Second Time in Two Weeks by Heavy Snowfall Thousands of tourists are stuck in the Swiss ski resort of Zermatt as it was cut off by heavy snowfall for the second time in as many weeks, reports the Evening Standard.ย Heavy snowfall and risk of avalanches left 13,000 people trapped in Zermatt just two weeks ago. Swiss authorities closed ski slopes, hiking trails, cable cars, roads and train services […] Weather Steven Agar | January 23, 2018 0 Comments
13,000 Tourists Stranded in Zermatt as Extreme Avalanche Risk Closes Resort Helicopters have begun airlifting stranded holidaymakers from the Swiss ski resort of Zermatt after about 13,000 tourists were trapped in the mountain village for two days by heavy recent snowfall and an exceptional risk of avalanches reports The Guardian. Local police said the airlift was taking about 100 people an hour who urgently needed to leave Zermatt to the nearby […] Weather Steven Agar | January 10, 2018 3 Comments
150 Guests Stranded In French Alps Gondola For Several Hours On Sunday According toย AFP, around 150 mountain guests were trapped in gondola cars for several hours on Sunday atย Chamrousse Ski Resort in France.ย Around 3:00pm on Sunday afternoon, the resorts Gondola stopped working due to unknown reasons. At the time of the breakdown, there were about 150 guests on the lift. Civil security helicopters were brought in to rescue the stranded mountain guests.ย They […] Industry News Chris Wallner | December 26, 2017 0 Comments
93mph Winds Trap 153 Skiers In Cable Cars In The Italian Alps On Saturday, 153 skiers were trapped in cable cars at the Italian Ski Resort of Cervinia, which is located in the Aosta Valley close to the Swiss Boarder. The cable car failed at an elevation of 8,336 feet. High winds meant that rescue crews couldn’t use helicopters, so they had to resort to ground rescue operations. Wind gusts of up […] Industry News Chris Wallner | December 27, 2016 2 Comments
Vermont Women Awarded $750k After Experiencing PTSD From Being Stranded In A Gondola According to WCAX News, Nadine Price of Pittsfield, VT was awarded $750,000 forย Post Traumatic Stress Disorder that she has experiencedย after she was stranded in a Killington gondola for more than 5 hours in October of 2011. At 3:15pm onย that horrid day in 2011, Nadine boarded the gondola to head up the mountain to hike, but bad weather forced the gondola […] Industry News Chris Wallner | December 2, 2016 2 Comments
Two Groups of Skiers Rescued From Backcountry In Japan Japan, as we know it has recently become the mecca of the powder skier. ย Dream lines in perfectly natural glades with the deepest powder of your life is simply waiting there, stacking up as the season continues. ย Although it is alluring, it does not mean that there is inherent risk- particularly in the backcountry. On January 12th, a […] Backcountry Keenan Grady | January 20, 2016 0 Comments
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