Field Reports

28.02.2015 "It doesn't matter how much or little you've skied, if you're not careful out there you can easily get...

28.04.2014 "It was a fantastic powder day with blue skies and good conditions, a perfect day for filming. We filmed...

04.03.2014 "We climbed to a peak of about 2800 m in the Kackar Mountains at Yayalar near Yusufeli in Artvin...

28.03.2013 "On March 28, 2013, the ABS® backpack saved my life and unfortunately only that of one of my companions.The...

22.03.2013 "I was climbing up the south side of the Peischlkopf with my 3 friends in a groomed ascent track,...

13.02.2013 "At the time of the avalanche, warning level 3 prevailed. The place of departure was a few meters below...

10.02.2013 Avalanche descent Zillertal When we reached the summit, we decided to continue marching along the ridge towards Gerlos. After...

25.01.2013 "It was January 25, 2013 and it had been snowing for days in the Aran Valley. The snow cover...

23.01.2013 "After the 2nd turn in the untracked slope, a snow slab tore in a radius of about 10 meters...

06.01.2013 "The avalanche occurred on the Arlberg in the west of Austria in the Vorarlberg part, between the towns of...

13.12.2012 "The slide occurred on a northeast-facing, windy slope. I was skiing with a guide. We had ascended with skins...

19.02.2012 Elyse: "... and it was very shocking to learn that one of the victims we found was buried literally...

17.02.2012 "There were several signs that the run we were going to ski was unstable as we went up the...

26.01.2012 "We skied about 80m to the right of the official Chüecalanda slope from the top, as seen from below,...

12.12.2010 "First of all, thanks to www.snowbigdeal.comwww.avalanche1.com without them I probably wouldn't be telling this story. Of the things that...

07.02.2010 "Triggered a dry snow slab avalanche on Zendeslerkofel on 7.2.10:Slope: north; entry approx. 35-40°.The crack height was from approx....

06.02.2010 "A friend of mine (Stina S.) and I wanted to descend from Resterhöhe via Stangenjoch to Aschau in Tirol...

15.02.2009 "We were out in the backcountry as part of the "Outdoor Games" in "Le Flegere"/ Chamonix with a local...

24.01.2009 "I was caught in a snow slab avalanche that I triggered last Saturday in the Bregenz Forest. I immediately...

28.03.2008 "Shortly after winning the 2008 Freeride World Championship, Xavier De Le Rue survived a serious avalanche accident on March...

 16.01.2008 "Well, our group was going to Castlegar (BC, Canada) and I got caught in an avalanche that was just...