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.
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Since late January, there have been 22 avalanche deaths in America across 16 incidents in nine states, including here in Park City. It’s been one of the most deadly periods in recorded history.
It is absolutely heartbreaking to see people get killed doing something they love. It makes these deaths very hard to wrap your head around.
I still feel that way about our son, Ronnie Berlack, and his U.S. Ski Team teammate, Bryce Astle, who died in a 2015 avalanche on a glorious powder day in Austria. They didn’t have the avalanche forecast and they didn’t know the dangers when they wandered off piste.