One person survived by wrapping himself around a tree and holding on for dear life, while professional skier Elyse Saugstad was saved when she deployed an avalanche airbag, a backpack designed to keep her afloat in the snow. Continue reading Taiwan’s Next Media Animation’s Inevitable Take on Stevens Pass Avalanche
Mount Rainier’s Nisqually Cleaver has been the site of some spectacular, major rock avalanches recently. Three major rock falls and several smaller ones occurred in just the past week, reports the Seattle Times. The newspaper quotes Stefan Lofgren, lead climbing ranger for Mount Rainier National Park, saying: “From my standpoint of looking at the mountain for 20 years, we’ve probably had rockfalls like this once every five or 10 years.” Continue reading Video of Mount Rainier Rock Avalanche
