カテゴリー: Avalanches
Two New Zealanders, including a 21-year-old ski guide, have been killed in avalanche while backcountry skiing in Japan. A third New Zealander was also injured. According to local media reports, a group of six were backcountry skiing on Mount Yotei in t…
Third person injured after small group were backcountry skiiing in Hokkaido on Mount Yotei when an avalanche struck on MondayTwo New Zealanders, including a 21-year-old ski guide, have been killed in avalanche while backcountry skiing in Japan.New Zeal…
American climber and Nepalese guide killed in attempt to scale world’s 14th tallest peakAvalanches have struck the slopes of the Tibetan mountain Shishapangma as more than 50 climbers were making a push for the summit, killing an American and Nepalese …
Experts warn that global heating is exacerbating inherent dangers of high altitude mountaineeringAvalanches in the Himalayas are causing an increasing number of deaths and threatening the safety of climbers, research suggests.While high-altitude mounta…
The two men were at the end of a three-day trip in The Remarkables above Queenstown when they triggered an avalancheTwo climbers who were buried by an avalanche and then caught in a blizzard atop one of New Zealand’s most famous mountain ranges survive…
Ten people, including nine Britons, have survived after a huge avalanche swept over them in the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan. Footage uploaded on Instagram by Harry Shimmin, one of the people on the trekking tour, showed snow starting to break dow…
Two decades ago Richard Stiles escaped an avalanche in New Zealand, but friend Steve Robinson wasn’t so lucky. Now the mountain has given up some of its secretsWhen mountaineer Chris Hill found a backpack with an old camera in it on the Hooker Glacier …
Four South Koreans and three Nepalis are out of contact after an avalanche close to Annapurna base camp An avalanche in Nepal’s Annapurna region has left at least seven people missing, including four South Koreans and three Nepalis, officials said Satu…