Alta, UT – Nearby skiers were shooting video of a skier when she was caught in an avalanche outside of Alta Ski Area in Utah on Monday. The unidentified skier dropped into a north-facing 40-degree aspect at around 9,200 feet of elevation in Grizzly Gulch, just outside the Alta Ski Area boundary, at about 2:30 … Continue reading Bystanders Video, Rescue Skier Caught in Avalanche Outside Alta →

Antarctica – It is an extraordinary journey that has involved two years of preparation and planning, but at 0830 GMT on Friday, 19-year-old explorer Parker Liautaud, a sophomore at Yale University along with his expedition partner, guide and veteran explorer Doug Stoup, departed the Ross Ice Shelf in an attempt to set a new world … Continue reading Antarctic Trekkers Depart on Record Quest →

Vancouver (BC), Canada – In an odd legal twist, the widow of a heli-skier who died in a tree well has filed a lawsuit against the deceased’s assigned “ski buddy.” Mark Frank Kennedy, a trial attorney from Colorado, had signed a liability waiver and was skiing with Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing in the mountains north … Continue reading Trial Underway Against Heli-Ski Partner in Tree Well Death →

Toyama Prefecture, Japan – An avalanche swept Japan’s Mt. Masago on Saturday, killing seven backcountry skiers on the island of Honshu northwest of Tokyo, officials indicate. The four men and three women perished in the slide on the 2,860-meter peak, estimated at 30 meters wide and 60 meters long. The victims were evacuated by helicopter … Continue reading Seven Skiers Die in Avalanche in Japan →

Jackson, WY – An avalanche in Wyoming’s Teton Mountains seriously injured a backcountry skier on Sunday. Scott Dixon, 32, of Teton Valley, Idaho, suffered a possible fractured hip in the slide, which occurred in the Mayonnaise Couloir on 10,741-foot Jackson Peak in the Gros Ventre Mountains, east of the town of Jackson which it overlooks … Continue reading Wyoming Avalanche Seriously Injures Skier →