Two incredible videos of two incredibly lucky people. In the first, a snowmobiler is lucky he doesn’t fall of a cliff as a cornice breaks off INCHES in front of his sled. In the second, a snowboarder is lucky her avi airbag worked as designed and kept her atop the avalanche.
Desastrous Winter Season Puts Snowmobilers On Hot Seat
From the Vancouver Sun the other day: BC avalanche deaths trigger calls to regulate snowmobile operators: A central Interior heli-ski operator is calling on the province to immediately bring in controls over backcountry snowmobilers, saying the large number of deaths on the mountains this past season has hurt B.C.’s international reputation as a safe and […]
Cause Of Avalanche Deaths For Canadian & European Victims Differs
An article from CBC highlights a new study showing that Canadian avalanche victims are far more likely to die of traumatic injuries than our European counterparts. (Maybe I should have a better post for Valentines day?) Suffocating in snow is commonly thought to be the main cause of death from avalanches, but researchers say traumatic […]
Solving Avalanches’ Mysteries
Here’s a very interesting article from the New York Times about a group of researches who are studying avalanches in a 2 million dollar ‘cold lab’ at Montana State University, in hopes of being able to better forecast them. There have been 31 avalanche related deaths in North America so far this winter season, 15 […]
The Fine Line – A 16mm Avalanche Education Film
The Fine Line is a great educational film about avalanche safety in Canada. With all the recent avalanches we have been experiencing in BC I wanted to learn a bit more and came across this video. When I say “educational” film, that’s probably enough to turn off some people’s interest, but the film is very […]
A Recap Of A Disastrous Holiday Season On Mountains
No doubt you’ve seen and heard about at least a few of the local accidents that have happened recently, mostly involving avalanches. I thought I would compile a list of articles about the incidents, and some other related articles that have come out in follow up to the tragic events, which discus causes and prevention […]
