Alps Avalanche Analysis
Monday, 11. 13. 2006 – Category: Skiing, Snowboarding, Video
Looking forward to some off-piste action this season? You’d do well to read the analysis report published by Pistehors.com into the the significant rise in avalanche related deaths in France in the 2005-06 season.
The winter of 2005-2006 was the deadliest since 1970 term of French avalanche deaths. 55 people were killed in the five month period from December to April with a further two deaths in August on Mont-Blanc. Last winter the number of fatalities was double the long term average and the number of fatal accidents was nearly three times the average. In our fourth annual review of backcountry accidents we analyse the accidents and snow conditions that were behind this exceptional winter.
The site also includes this first hand footage of an avalanche happening before the eyes of a skier.
You can download the pdf file here.
First spotted at J2Ski.
Tags: Avalanche, Mountain safety
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