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"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. One person died in the avalanche and three others were rescued,
according to the Placer County, California, Sheriff’s Office. The slide
happened in steep terrain near the KT-22 chairlift, which had just opened for
the season that morning. A second unplanned avalanche hit the same ski resort
the next day, but no one was injured.
Avalanche deaths are rare inbounds at ski resorts like Palisades Tahoe, but the
risk rises in the backcountry – 30 backcountry avalanche deaths were reported
in the U.S. during the 2022-2023 season. Nathalie Vriend, a skier and physicist
at the University of Colorado Boulder who studies avalanches, explains what
happens in an avalanche and techniques for surviving one."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
