All about: Avalanche

British climber cheats death by 'swimming' through Mont Blanc avalanche

By AOL Travel, May 16, 2013

A British climber was swept down Mont Blanc in France and managed to escape with minor injuries by swimming 700m in an avalanche. The unnamed man is recovering in hospital and police said that...
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Five snowboarders killed in Colorado's deadliest avalanche for 50 years

By Ceri Roberts, Apr 21, 2013

Five snowboarders have died in an avalanche near the Loveland Ski Area in Colorado. A sixth member of the group was partially buried, but managed to dig himself out and walked to the nearby...
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Search for missing skier continues after Glencoe avalanche

By AOL Travel, Mar 31, 2013

Rescuers have resumed the search for a skier missing after an avalanche near Glencoe Ski Centre in the Scottish Highlands. The man was skiing off-piste in the Etive Glades with a friend on...
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Video: Skier buried by avalanche manages to dig himself out

By AOL Travel, Mar 07, 2013

The incredible moment a skier was able to dig himself out from underneath an avalanche has been caught on a helmet camera. The man can be seen gracefully swooshing down the slopes in Vasilitsa,...
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Video: Avalanche survivor's big grin as he's rescued from pile of snow

By AOL Travel, Feb 21, 2013

A lucky skier survived an avalanche at the Arapahoe Basin Ski Area in Colorado, USA. CBS reports that Anthony Robinson, of Denver, escaped the incident that left him buried to the neck in...
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Three climbers die following avalanche in the Cairngorms

By AOL Travel, Feb 15, 2013

Three climbers have died following an avalanche in the Cairngorms in the Scottish Highlands. A man and a woman who were airlifted from the Chalamain Gap to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary died on...
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Glencoe survivor tells how he cheated death with an ice axe

By AOL Travel, Jan 21, 2013

A survivor of the avalanche that killed four people in Glencoe, Scotland has spoken of his grief and how he cheated death using an ice axe. The Sun reports that the climber, who did not...
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Avalanche rescuer tells of struggle to save British climbers

By Ceri Roberts, Jul 15, 2012

A French mountain guide has spoken about the search for the three British climbers who died in an Avalanche in the French Alps last week. Yann Delevaux told the Daily Mail that he and his...
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