In conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada, Black Diamond Equipment is recalling the Black Diamond Recon LT avalanche transceiver and related avalanche safety sets due to a corrosion issue that may cause it to malfunction. […]
A snowboarder lost her life in a tragic avalanche on a closed slope in Arosa, Switzerland, on Monday, December 23, according to the cantonal police of Graubünden. The 26-year-old, was identified by …
On Wednesday, December 11, a 27-year-old local skier was caught in an avalanche at the Stubai Glacier, Austria. The 27-year-old was skiing with a 33-year-old Canadian near the “Wildspitz” mountain station. The pair left the groomed runs and skied eastward into steeper off-piste terrain, where they triggered a loose snow avalanche.
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A 19-year-old German climber was killed on Saturday when a small slab avalanche swept him 350 meters down the Stopelzieher route on the Zugspitze, Germany’s highest mountain on the border with Austria. He had been ascending the via ferrata with a 21-year-old companion when the slide broke above them shortly before 10 a.m. on December 5. Related: 29 Stranded Hikers […] >> читать далее
The Colorado Avalanche Information Center issued an Avalanche Warning late Friday for parts of the state’s Northern Mountains ahead of a powerful winter storm expected to intensify through Saturday. The alert, posted at 4:30 p.m. on December 5, urges backcountry travelers to avoid avalanche terrain in the affected regions from Friday night into the weekend. The warning covers the […] >> читать далее
A backcountry skier was caught in an avalanche last Saturday, November 29, in the North Bridgers near Bozeman, Montana. While taking advantage of a the still open access road to Fairy Lake, a popular summer destination, a pair of skiers ran into dangerous avalanche conditions. The report stated that there was a foot of fresh snow with isolated spots […] >> читать далее
A backcountry skier was caught in an avalanche last Saturday, November 29, in the North Bridgers near Bozeman, Montana. While taking advantage of a the still open access road to Fairy Lake, a popular summer destination, a pair of skiers ran into dangerous avalanche conditions. The report stated that there was a foot of fresh snow with isolated spots […] >> читать далее
A skier was swept about 150 feet in an avalanche on Mt. Olsen in the Virginia Lakes area of California’s Eastern Sierra Mountains on Sunday, November 30, according to an update shared by the Eastern Sierra Avalanche Center (ESAC) on December 2. The avalanche occurred at roughly 10,600 feet on a northeast-facing slope and broke 12 to 24 inches deep […] >> читать далее
An avalanche near the Gerschnialp above Engelberg, Switzerland, prompted a swift air-rescue response on Thursday, November 27, after two freeriders were caught and swept downhill approximately 100 meters (~300 feet). According to a report from Rega, Switzerland’s national helicopter rescue service, the avalanche was triggered shortly before 1:30 p.m., when the pair descended off-piste in the Laub freeride terrain near […] >> читать далее
A massive avalanche in an off-piste area at the Stubai Glacier, Austria, triggered a major rescue operation on Thursday morning, November 27, after eight skiers were swept up in the slide. The avalanche occurred around 9:15 a.m. in the freeride terrain east of the Daunscharte. The Austrian Alpine Organization believes that the slide was most likely triggered by skiers in […] >> читать далее
Two skiers were caught in the first avalanche of the season in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, on Saturday, November 15, but both escaped without injury, according to Avalanche Canada and Kananaskis Mountain Rescue. The incident occurred near the top of the north alpine slope below the headwall of Pocaterra Ridge at Highwood Pass, approximately 8,400 feet (2,550 metres) in elevation. A […] >> читать далее
A skier-triggered slab avalanche occurred in Chugach State Park, Alaska, on November 17, running about 1,000 feet down a northwest-facing slope on Peak 3. The slide originated just below Bail Out Rock, a prominent ridgeline feature, and was triggered on a wind slab that had formed on faceted snow buried a day earlier. “While skinning up the upper face of […] >> читать далее
New zones can be found in Washington, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, California, Oregon. onX Backcountry, a navigation and discovery app for outdoor adventurers, today released 18 new Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) zones, expanding ATES coverage across nearly 15 million additional acres of the United States, providing backcountry skiers, splitboarders, fat bikers, nordic skiers and other snowsports enthusiasts with a new […] >> читать далее
Backcountry skiers triggered two separate early-season avalanches in British Columbia on November 8, just before the official winter permit season opening at Rogers Pass. Related: The Dangers of Early Season Backcountry Skiing The more severe incident occurred at Balu Pass, where a Size 2 avalanche swept a skier over a steep rocky cliff for 165 to 330 feet (50 to […] >> читать далее
A group of four skiers was involved in a dangerous natural-trigger avalanche in Tuckerman Ravine yesterday, Thursday, November, 6, with a detailed observation from the Mount Washington Avalanche Center (MWAC) painting a sharp picture of how rapidly steep terrain can go from manageable to hazardous. According to the MWAC observation, the party of four met at the base of “Open […] >> читать далее
The search for the two missing people from Saturday’s avalanche in the Ortler Massif in Italy continued on Sunday morning, November 2. 25 search and rescue workers, as well as a canine unit, were deployed to the area in the early morning hours. Sadly, the missing father and his 17-year-old daughter were found deceased by the mountain rescue teams. Related: […] >> читать далее
The search for the two missing people from Saturday’s avalanche in the Ortler Massif in Italy continued on Sunday morning, November 2. 25 search and rescue workers as well as a canine unit were deployed to the area in the early morning hours. Sadly, the missing father and his 17-year-old daughter were found deceased by the mountain rescue teams. Related: […] >> читать далее
New online resource developed with CAIC and NWAC helps outdoor enthusiasts learn the fundamentals of avalanche awareness before heading into the mountains. The American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE), in collaboration with the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) and the Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC), today announced the launch of Avalanche Aware, a free, online educational program designed to […] >> читать далее