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By Jean Hennelly Keith
Each year, grim headlines tell of skiers and other winter sports enthusiasts who venture off-trail in high mountains and are swept up in avalanches. Victims or someone in their group or in a group skiing above them trigger over 90 percent of avalanche accidents, and nearly 20 percent of those caught in avalanches die, amounting to more than 150 fatalities annually worldwide and that number is rising.
The Alps top the list for these fatalities. Unlike the ski areas in the western United States, where avalanche risk is managed by blasting the entire area to release unstable snow slabs, in Europe blasting occurs only on the slopes above the “pistes” (ski runs) to protect them. Based in the world-class French Alpine ski resort Val d’Isère, Henry (Hank) Schniewind (CGS’86, CAS’89) is an avalanche and snow expert and “off-piste” (off-trail) guide who knows what it takes to ski safely on the steep, snowy slopes in avalanche territory.
What it feels like to be trapped in an avalanche
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A series of avalanches has devastated Switzerland recently, leaving eight dead â including a British and an Irish national. In France, there has also been a number of fatalities, as local risk levels are increased following heavy snowfall.
Most people will never experience the terror of being caught in an avalanche, but professional snowboarder and photographer Johno Verity unfortunately did 13 years ago â and caught his terrifying experience on camera. He revealed to Telegraph Travel how it feels when the unthinkable happens:
âIn 2008 I was in New Zealand, near Mount Cook. Ironically, I was there to film a piece about avalanches for a television series called Gethin Jonesâ Danger Hunters. A huge storm had descended and weâd been stuck in the hotel for days. On the first blue-sky day, we jumped into the helicopter. We got to our spot and there were two entries into this run. I chose the more
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