Avalanche reports

Very lucky escape

This was a fun day that quickly went wrong. As they admit, it was a 4/5 risk and it was...

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Analysis of an avalanche rescue : Chatel Jan 2015

With the recent heavy snowfalls across the Alps onto a thin and unconsolidated base and a poor start to the...

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TGR Safety Week

With the recent heavy snowfalls and spate of avalanches, it seems timely that TGR launch their Safety Week Safety week...

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Avalanche in Avoriaz

With the volumes of  snow that have fallen in the last 48hrs, it was predictable that the snowpack would be...

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Pro Skier Theo Lange in Tignes Avalanche

On Tuesday Tignes pro-skier Theo Lange was caught in a small avalanche that he triggered while skiing off-piste under the Aiguille...

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Recent Snow Takes its Toll

As we forecast the other week, we’re now seeing substantial snowfalls across Europe, but as expected, a mass of fresh snow...

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Movie : Know Before You Go

As we forecast last week, the snow is now coming down in Europe and it seems an appropriate time to...

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Instructors sentenced after fatal avalanche

Last week, three UCPA ski instructors from Tignes were found guilty of causing the death of a trainee ski instructor in an...

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JP Auclair and Andreas Fransson killed in Chilean Avalanche

The Chilean paper Publimetro is reporting the death of JP Auclair and Andreas Fransson in an avalanche yesterday.  In Chile...

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3 caught in inbounds avalanche in Alta

The risky avalanche conditions are not limited to Europe or the alps this week, North America is seeing some equally...

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