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Avalanche videos part 14

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I’ve decided embedding videos is too much of a resource hog, the site opens up very slowly etc. so I will continue with links to videos and maybe a screenshot here and there.

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UPDATE 4.3.2016

Avalanche videos part 13

Early April avalanche in Kokanee Bowl, Revelstoke. More info in the interview for Revelstoke Mountaineer.

2 in a group of 3 danish skiers go for a ride in Whistler, footage featured on Bear Grylls YT channel of all places.

Two cameras, one slide and a successful rescue. Châtel, France at end of January

Ski cutting the slope on Pigeon Peak with a soft slab avalanche release as a result.

Victor Daviet tries to outrun a slab he released before making even a single turn (seconds 19 to 32 in video below)

Slide that reportedly killed an Australian man while heli-skiing in Hector mountains, New Zealand on Aug.10th

Avalanche videos part 12

At least 106 fatalities in Europe so far… not looking good.

Guy rides above the fracturing slab… Feb. 15th, Banff

An analysis of an avalanche as seen from a helmetcam, 31.01.15 on the Gamsroute, Zürs am Arlberg

In for a ride down a couloir in Tignes on Feb. 28th

And everyone goes on like nothing happened… Heustock

A lucky dig, an avalanche survival story with many important lessons on group dynamics, accident response and digging. Les Crosets on Jan. 30th, danger rating 4 out of 5.

A telemarker tumbles and goes for a ride in a wet slide in Norway

Two points of view on a windslab release above Fairy Lake in northern Bridger range.

Found this footage and analysis from 2012 in Les Orres (in french). Scary looking cracks going in all directions but he manages to get out of a massive slide.

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