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by Lea Winkelbach
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 caught, which unfortunately happe...
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by Lea Winkelbach
28.04.2014
"It was a fantastic powder day with blue skies and good conditions, a perfect day for filming. We filmed near the gondola in Verbier, o...
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by Lea Winkelbach
04.03.2014
"We climbed to a peak of about 2800 m in the Kackar Mountains at Yayalar near Yusufeli in Artvin Province in eastern Turkey about 30 km...
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by Lea Winkelbach
28.03.2013
"On March 28, 2013, the ABS® backpack saved my life and unfortunately only that of one of my companions.The incident: During a ski tour...
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by Lea Winkelbach
22.03.2013
"I was climbing up the south side of the Peischlkopf with my 3 friends in a groomed ascent track, when suddenly the dull bang of a snow ...
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by Lea Winkelbach
13.02.2013
"At the time of the avalanche, warning level 3 prevailed. The place of departure was a few meters below the summit, the first steep slo...
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by Lea Winkelbach
10.02.2013
Avalanche descent Zillertal When we reached the summit, we decided to continue marching along the ridge towards Gerlos. After about 200m...
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by Lea Winkelbach
25.01.2013
"It was January 25, 2013 and it had been snowing for days in the Aran Valley. The snow cover was more than 4 meters deep. That day we ha...
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by Lea Winkelbach
23.01.2013
"After the 2nd turn in the untracked slope, a snow slab tore in a radius of about 10 meters around me. After I saw no way to get out of ...
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by Lea Winkelbach
06.01.2013
"The avalanche occurred on the Arlberg in the west of Austria in the Vorarlberg part, between the towns of Zürs and Lech below the Omes...
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by Lea Winkelbach
13.12.2012
"The slide occurred on a northeast-facing, windy slope. I was skiing with a guide. We had ascended with skins from the SW. There was no...
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by Lea Winkelbach
19.02.2012
Elyse: "... and it was very shocking to learn that one of the victims we found was buried literally three feet to my left.... I firmly...
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