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White Friday was a series of avalanches on the Italian front of World War I. The most significant avalanche struck the Austro-Hungarian barracks on Mount Marmolada , killing 270 soldiers. Other avalanches on the same day would strike Italian and other Austro-Hungarian positions, killing hundreds.
Avalanche accidents are broadly differentiated into 2 categories: accidents in recreational settings, and accidents in residential, industrial, and transportation settings. This distinction is motivated by the observed difference in the causes of avalanche accidents in the two settings.
Avalanche blasting in the French ski resort of Tignes (3,600 m or 11,800 ft) Gazex installation. Active techniques reduce the risk of an avalanche occurring by promoting the stabilization and settlement of the snow pack through three forms of intervention: disrupting weak layers in the snow pack, increasing the uniformity of the snow pack, and lessening the amount of snow available in snow ...
The Willow River, Minnesota, man survived the recent accident near Yellowstone National Park after pulling a cord on his backpack to trigger an inflatable airbag specially designed for avalanches ...
1938 Unazuki avalanche [8] Japan: 1938: 19 81: Pragelato: Italy: 1904: 20 79 (57 confirmed 22 presumed dead) 1954 Blons avalanches: Austria: 1954: 21 70: Frassino avalanche: Italy: 1885: 22 65: Palm Sunday Avalanche; deadliest avalanche along Chilkoot Trail : United States: 1898: 23 62: 1910 Rogers Pass avalanche; deadliest avalanche in Canada ...
The UAC warned that similar avalanche conditions "are widespread in the area and that the danger will be rising across the mountains of Northern Utah and Southeast Idaho as we head into the weekend."
Prospectors named Hoodoo Basin, below the southern slopes of the peak, which refers to geologic formations called hoodoos found there. When Philetus Norris, the second superintendent of Yellowstone Park, climbed the peak in 1880, he took note of the hoodoos.
The avalanche strikes with brutal force, causing the camera to jolt violently as the excavator rolls over, ultimately coming to a halt under a thick blanket of snow with the man buried inside.