Avalanches

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Watch This Snowboarder Survive An Avalanche By Floating On An Airbag

11:15AM February 3, 2012 | Brent Rose

Meesh Hytner was doing typical pro-snowboarder things, participating in an informal backcountry competition in Colorado, when suddenly she found herself in a class-3 avalanche. Lucky for her, she was wearing an emergency airbag system, and lucky for you, there’s video. More »


Science

The Only Avalanche I Want To See Coming At Me

12:30AM January 29, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

While we’ve come up with ingenious methods of escaping avalanches, science still isn’t well-versed in their inner mechanics. A Montana State University researcher is trying to change that by setting off his own mini-avalanches — just, you know, indoors. More »


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POV Helmet Cam Captures Skier Causing Avalanche

2:40AM September 25, 2009 | Adam Frucci

In this intense video, a skier with a helmet cam on gets caught in a huge avalanche, getting buried for four and a half minutes and then getting dug out. Good lord. More »