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Avalanche forecasting, safety focus of museum talk
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Parents of Granite State skier killed in 2015 educate others of danger on mountains
Brass Avalanche Foundation created by parents Share Updated: 7:29 PM EST Mar 7, 2021
Brass Avalanche Foundation created by parents Share Updated: 7:29 PM EST Mar 7, 2021
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Show Transcript LIFE. IT’S BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE TRAGEDY STRUCK A FRANCONIA FAMILY. ELITE SKIER RONNIE BERLACK AND HIS U.S. SKI TEAMMATE BRYCE ASTLE WERE KILLED IN AN AVALANCHE WHILE SKIING OFF GROOMED TRAIL IN AUSTRIA. IT HAD BEEN VERY COLD AND NOT MUCH SNOW AND THEN THERE WAS A LOT OF SNOW SO THERE WAS A SLIPPERY SURFACE. MIKE: BERLACK’S PARENTS TURNED THEIR GRIEF INTO ACTION STARTING THE BRASS AVALANCHE FOUNDATION. THEY’VE REACHED 5,000 ATHLETES AND COACHES NATIONWIDE, TEACHING THEM SNOW AND AVALANCHE SAFETY. WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, THEY WENT VIRTUAL. HAVE THE GEAR, GET SOME TRAINING, GET THE FORECAST, GET THE PICTURE AS TO WHAT’S ACTUALLY GOING ON IN THE MOUNTAINS
Parents of skier killed in 2015 educate others of danger on mountains © WMUR Avalanche safety foundation
Avalanche deaths are on the rise in the United States. This winter has been one of the deadliest on record and with weeks remaining in the season, one New Hampshire family shared their loss in hopes of saving a life.
It has been five years since tragedy struck a Franconia family. Elite skier Ronnie Berlack and his U.S. Ski teammate Bryce Astle were killed in an avalanche while skiing off a groomed trail in Austria.Sign up for our Newsletters It had been very cold and not much snow and then there was a lot of snow, so there was a slippery surface, Berlack s mother Cindy Berlack said.