February 4, 2015
Kappl, Austria The Freeride World Tour was brought to a screeching halt on Tuesday after French skier Julien Lopez triggered a large slide. Lopez was hiking to retrieve a lost ski after losing it in a crash off a cliff. As he hiked the 40X100m 50cm deep slab came loose and carried him down the …
January 5, 2015
SOELDEN, Austria (January 5, 2015) U.S. Ski Team members Ronnie Berlack, 20, and Bryce Astle, 19, were caught in a slide while skiing near the Rettenbach Glacier outside of Soelden. The other four skiers in the group were able to escape the avalanche unhurt. U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association President and CEO, Tiger Shaw, …
October 17, 2014
What started out as 17 bodies recovered from the Himalayan mountains, has now turned into 32 confirmed deaths so far. According to ThinkProgress.org, 85 trekkers still haven’t been accounted for, so search and rescue teams will continue to work hard to find them. The trekking disaster hit one of the most popular trails called the …
October 16, 2014
At least 17 international trekkers were pronounced dead on Tuesday after being trapped in heavy snowfall in the Himalayan Mountains. According to CNN, Nepal’s Annapurna region is mourning the loss of sherpas and visiting climbers after “one of the deadliest tragedies in the history of Nepal”. Another five bodies were found in the neighboring Manang …
October 2, 2014
JP Auclair Video Tribute (1977-2014) Over the years, The Ski Channel Television Network had the honor of documenting the late JP Auclair’s epic adventures around the world, as he changed the face of freeskiing forever. His presence will be dearly missed, but his influence in the mountain will live on forever. JP Auclair and Andreas Fransson, two …
October 1, 2014
Liz Daley, a professional climber, backcountry snowboarder, and AMGA- certified mountain guide died in an avalanche Monday in Patagonia. According to the Argentine news outlet OPI Santa Cruz, the 29 year old from Tacoma, Washington was reportedly part of a group descending Cerro Vespignani, a 7000 foot peak about 15 miles north of Fitzroy in …
September 30, 2014
We are sorry to report that Canadian freeskier, JP Auclair, and Swedish skier, Andres Fransson, have been killed in an avalanche in Patagonia. The two skiers were reported missing Monday, September 29th, and their bodies were found lifeless on Tuesday. Their bodies were spotted by a Swedish hiker on Mount San Lorenzo, the border region between Chile …
September 22, 2014
Mike Marolt, Steve Marolt and Jim Gile have over 25 years of expeditions to some 40 of the highest peaks in the world, without Sherpa, oxygen, drugs and all the amenities. They have gone to places so cold that most manufactured gear cannot tolerate the temperature, and are forced to innovate in order to make their own gear. …
April 22, 2014
At around 6:45 local time in an area known as the “popcorn field,” in the Khumbu Icefalls, an avalanche struck just above base camp at 19,000 ft. A group of about 50 climbers, mostly Sherpas, were moving from Camp I to Camp II when a serac fell off the mountain burying them under the snow. The …
April 18, 2014
Tragedy struck Nepal today, April 18th, 2014, as a fatal avalanche swept down a climbing route taking the lives of at least thirteen Sherpa guides. Seven more are believed to be missing, as rescue teams continue to search. The avalanche is thought to be the deadliest climbing disaster to ever occur at Mount Everest, the world’s …
