Grand Teton National Park, WY – A 33-year-old Wisconsin man is in critical condition in an Idaho hospital following an 800-foot fall while telemark skiing a couloir on Middle Teton in Wyoming. Ryan Redmond, of Delafield, Wisc., was descending the Ellingwood Couloir on the 12,804-foot mountain’s south side on Saturday when he took a tumbling … Continue reading Skier in Critical Condition After Fall on Middle Teton
Aspen, CO – Aspenite Nick DeVore, winner of the 2008 Telemark Freeskiing World Championship and ski film star, broke his femur in an avalanche that left him partially buried in the backcountry near Aspen last Friday.nDeVore was skiing with friends in the M&M Chutes last Friday when the 600-foot wet slide broke loose from a … Continue reading Telemark Skiing Champion Nick DeVore Breaks Leg in Aspen Avalanche
Lone Pine, CA – The bodies of ski mountaineer Kip Garre and his girlfriend, Allison Kreutzen, were recovered Saturday from the Split Couloir in the eastern Sierra Nevada’s Inyo County, where the pair perished in an avalanche. Garre, 38, and Kreutzen, 41, were reported missing by concerned family members on Tuesday when they failed to … Continue reading Ski Mountaineer Kip Garre, Girlfriend Die in Tahoe Avalanche
Atlin (BC), Canada – A heli-ski guide died in an accident Sunday on the Swanson Glacier near Atlin when snow collapsed beneath him.nTwo guides from Klondike Heliskiing were leading a group of four skiers on the glacier and stopped to take photos when the snow gave way, dropping the victim into a 35 meter deep … Continue reading B.C. Heli-Ski Guide Dies in Crevasse Fall
Zell am See, Austria – An unidentified 48-year-old man died Tuesday while trying to retrieve a runaway ski in the Pinzgau region of Salzburg in Austria.nAccording to police, the man was ski touring on the 3,338-meter Hohen Riffl, part of the Großglockner Mountains, when the incident occurred. One of his bindings released about 50m below … Continue reading Austrian Skier Dies After Fall While Retrieving Ski
Jackson, WY – Heavy snow and low visibility forced rescuers on Thursday to suspend their search for two skiers missing since last weekend in Grand Teton National Park.nWalker Pannell Kuhl, 27, of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Gregory Seftick, 31, of Columbia Falls, Mont., had a permit to ski and camp in Garnet Canyon on … Continue reading Rescuers Suspend Search for Missing Teton Skiers
Twin Bridges, CA – A snowboarder missing for nearly 24 hours from Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort in Twin Bridges near Lake Tahoe was found dead Sunday in a tree well.nEl Dorado County Search and Rescue members found Phillip Walker, 22, of San Jose, Calif., just before noon on Sunday. He had been snowboarding with his brother and … Continue reading Snowboarder Missing in California Found Dead
