Do you know what happened in the mountains this week? Here’s a selection of news, articles, posts, videos, photos, and other cool things that we think you’d like to know about. Enjoy!
- 7 Backcountry Skiers Trigger Avalanche Near Bow Hut In Banff National Park – A Mountain Journey – A group of backcountry skiers triggered a size 2 avalanche while approaching the Bow Hut in Banff National Park that injured several in their group.
- Indian Soldier Survives 6 Days Buried 25 Feet Deep In Avalanche Debris After Avalanche Hits Military Outpost In Kashmir (UPDATED) – A Mountain Journey – An Indian soldier survived six days buried under 25′ of snow at over 6,000 meters on the Siachen Glacier in the Himalaya. Unfortunately he died of his injuries after reaching the hospital.
- Watch The Winning Runs From The Freeride World Tour 2016 in Chamonix Mont Blanc – A Mountain Journey – The second stop of the FWT 2016 was Chamonix Mont Blanc and as always the competitors threw down some sick lines. Watch the winning lines here.
- Woman Buried In Avalanche North Of Pemberton, BC Survives – CBC.ca – A backcountry tourer survived being knocked unconscious and being buried 5 feet deep in the backcountry north of Pemberton, BC.
- 2 Hikers Fall & Die, 22 Rescued On Southern California’s 10,000′ Mt. Baldy This Week – SnowBrains.com – Conditions have been treacherous on Mt. Baldy resulting in multiple rescues.
- Renegade Family Rescued After Skiing Out Of Bounds – UnofficialNetworks.com – The lesson of the week is don’t duck ropes with your entire family in an attempt to get backt to your home. This family was lucky they didn’t get in more trouble in Sun Peaks OB.
- Powder 8’s Grand Nationals Results – JacksonHole.com – Congrats to Jim Schanzenbaker and Thomas Roennau of Aspen for winning the Grand National Powder 8’s!
- Aspen Skier Who Pushed Snowboarder From Chairlift Arrested – UnofficialNetworks.com – Thomas Proesel was arrested and charged with felony assault and misdemeanor reckless endangerment after pushing a snowboarder off a chairlift at Aspen Highlands.
- Garmin Signs Purchase Agreement To Acquire DeLorme – Garmin.com – Garmin will acquire substantially all of the assets of DeLorme. What will this mean for the world of satellite communication and GPS mapping?
- Alberta Man Escapes BC Avalanche, Catches Entire Thing On Camera – GlobalNews.ca – An Albertan snowmobiler is incredibly lucky to escape this avalanche on Bullmoose Mountain in BC.
- Backcountry Skiers Trigger Avalanche That Covers US 550 – CAIC – A group of 5 backcountry skiers triggered a R3D3 avalanche that covered US 550 near Red Mountain Pass. The debris pile was 12 to 15′ deep.
- Wait, Is That Really A Snow Leopard Chasing A Skier? – Adventure-Journal.com – Watch this video. Kashmir is a wild place to go skiing.
- CoffeePooling – Vimeo – Here’s a little trick form the American Avalanche Institute Level 3 course in Utah using coffee and snow.
What backcountry news did we miss? Tell us in the comments below. Have an awesome week!
