By any measure, Americans are flooding into avalanche country at a staggering rate. Some estimates suggest a hundred times more people are venturing into the backcountry now than 25 years ago. And yet the number of people dying in avalanches has held roughly constant, at around 26 per year in the United States. The actual … Read more
It was a miracle under ice. Escaping a snowy entombment intact might seem like a stunt relegated to “Mission Impossible” movies. But a super fit 54-year-old Italian skier who survived for 23 hours buried under an avalanche has miraculously relearned how to walk — and has even taken up skiing again. “Not even the doctors … Read more
OPHIR, Colo. (AP) — An avalanche killed a 67-year-old man as he was snowboarding solo in the Colorado backcountry, authorities said Tuesday, marking the fourth U.S. avalanche death this winter. The victim, Peter Harrelson, was a doctor and longtime resident of the small town of Ophir in southwest Colorado, the San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office … Read more
Two Australian siblings say they’re lucky to be alive after they survived a massive avalanche at a Californian ski resort that left one man dead. Experienced skiers, Hannah Sugerman and her brother Oliver Thompson were enjoying fresh snow on the slopes with Sugerman’s partner Callum at Palisades Tahoe, formerly known as Squaw Valley and the … Read more