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The Galtür avalanche occurred on 23 February 1999 in the Alpine village of Galtür, Austria. At 50 m (160 ft) high and traveling at 290 km/h (180 mph), the powder avalanche overturned cars, destroyed buildings and buried 57 people. By the time rescue crews managed to arrive, 31 people had died.
Alpine Meadows is a ski resort in the western United States, located in Alpine Meadows, California. Near the northwest shore of Lake Tahoe, it offers 2,400 acres (9.7 km 2) of skiable terrain, 13 different lifts, and a vertical drop of 1,802 feet (549 m). [1] [2] In 2018 Alpine Meadows was merged into the Alterra Mountain Company.
The snow buildup being caused by the same weather phenomenon as in the Galtür catastrophe, the avalanche danger was raised in all alpine areas. For the Bernese Oberland, the Swiss institute for avalanche research (SLF) estimated the avalanche danger to be "very large" ("sehr groß"), but only "large" for that part of Valais.
Lahaul Valley avalanche [4] India: 1979: 8 172: 2010 Salang avalanches; series of at least 36 avalanches: Afghanistan: 2010: 9 155: 1918 Mitsumata village avalanche [5] Japan: 1918: 10 154 [citation needed] 1918 Asahi village avalanche: Japan: 1918: 11 138: 2012 Gayari Sector avalanche: Pakistan: 2012: 12 125: Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slide ...
An avalanche swept up skiers at Lake Tahoe's largest ski resort on Jan. 10, 2024, as a 150-foot-wide sheet of snow slid down a mountain slope into a pile 10 feet deep.
The Church of San Giovanni Battista (Italian: Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista; German: Kirche San Giovanni Battista) is located in the alpine village of Mogno in the Swiss canton of Ticino. [1] It was built between 1994 and 1996 on the site of an older church (from 1636), which was levelled by an avalanche in 1986.
Swiss Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger died in an avalanche on Monday. She was 26. Swiss Alpine Club rescuers, search dog specialists, nearby employees and Alpine police all responded in search ...
‘Vermiglio’ Review: A Grave and Gorgeous Hymn to Life and Death in a Midcentury Italian Alpine Village. Jessica Kiang. September 2, 2024 at 10:50 AM.