I don’t really know what to say about this other than: holy shit. Serious props to whoever endured this nightmare ride on a chairlift in Montafon, Austria. The past few days have brought some insane weather to the Alps, including extreme winds and some enormous avalanches. This is the kind of thing I would never wish even on my worst enemies.
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Aspen Avalanche Could be a ‘300-year event’
Aspen Avalanche Could be a ‘300-year event’
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Katie Lozancich
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The mile-wide avalanche that happened in Aspen Highlands on March 9th certainly felt out of the norm. It was a nightmare that released naturally, charging over 3000 feet and destroying trees like toothpicks as it piled into the Conundrum Creek Valley. RELATED: Colorado’s Red Mountain Pass to Close Indefinitely Because of Avalanches Turns out local experts speculate it to be a 300-year event. According to the Vail Daily, Art Mears, an engineer from Gunnison, has been taking a closer look into
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Video: Skier Nearly Smokes Jerry at Mach 4
Video: Skier Nearly Smokes Jerry at Mach 4
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Zack Skovron
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We'll start with a quick refresh on skiing etiquette: Downhill skiers have the right of way. Yes, it's super annoying when you're arcing some turns down a groomer and all of a sudden rental-boots-over-jeans-guy makes an erratic 90+ degree swerve into your fall line. However, it's still your responsibility to avoid crashing into him. Related: Man Survives for Weeks on Saltine Sandwiches Why didn't the cameraman spot his buddy's landing? Nuking into a seemingly-blind air on a busy groomer is
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Throwback: The Longest Ski Jump in History
Throwback: The Longest Ski Jump in History
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Zack Skovron
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In terms of humans flying through the air at high velocity with little to nothing in the way of safety equipment, ski jumping is unparalleled. Soaring above massive hills at highway speed, these fearless athletes make mere 100-foot gaps like Chad's seem almost mundane. Yes, they aren't flipping or spinning, but they also don't have the benefit of a soft landing. Related: Ski BASE Has Returned to Jackson's Cody Peak Technically, a jump done on a hill on this size is classified as "ski