Fresh powder might be a snowboarder’s dream, but it turned into a nightmare for Oregon boarders as they watched an avalanche carry one of their mates over a cliff.
A mountaineer and seasonal skier kept his wits about him as an unexpected snow avalanche swept him down a mountain.
Remarkably, the British tourist and his fellow trekkers came out unscathed after a massive avalanche raced over them from the mountains they were just about to climb.
An average of 27 people die in avalanches each year across the US, so it’s a good thing Maurice Kervin came prepared.
An avalanche is every snowboarder and skier’s worst nightmare, but if you happen to have an ‘avalanche airbag’ you might live to tell the tale.
Avalanches aren’t for the faint of heart, and Spanish snowboarder Alfons Garcia knows all about that. He needed every inch of his skills to escape this scenario.
The death toll from Nepal’s earthquake continues to rise, but one man who made it out alive was South African Rob Bentley. He managed to film some epic footage.
The Alps sure are getting a fair amount of news time the past few weeks. If it’s not airplanes crashing or being diverted, it’s avalanches.
This just goes to show that if you are doing something even remotely rad, you should have a video camera of sorts with you because life happens.
Not to be outdone by Cape Town local, Dec’io Lourenc’o in the huge balls department, Sverre Liliequist backflipped on to an avalanche while skiing down the face of a mountain. Just because, you know. Street cred. Or something, I don’t know what would compell someone to do that. Don’t ask me. Competing in the Big Mountain […]
Nine people were recently killed in Kosovo when an avalanche covered their house under 10 feet of snow. A little girl, only five years old, was pulled alive from the snow after being buried for more than 10 hours. How do you find someone buried under a storey of snow? With their cellphone.