This was a fun day that quickly went wrong. As they admit, it was a 4/5 risk and it was...
Avalanche reports
![Chatel avalanche, january 2015](https://www.powpowpow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/chatel-ava-video-300x157.png)
Analysis of an avalanche rescue : Chatel Jan 2015
With the recent heavy snowfalls across the Alps onto a thin and unconsolidated base and a poor start to the...
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TGR Safety Week
With the recent heavy snowfalls and spate of avalanches, it seems timely that TGR launch their Safety Week Safety week...
![Arare Avalanche](https://www.powpowpow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/arareslide-300x169.jpg)
Avalanche in Avoriaz
With the volumes of snow that have fallen in the last 48hrs, it was predictable that the snowpack would be...
![screen capture from Theo Lange avalanche video](https://www.powpowpow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/theolangeslide-300x166.png)
Pro Skier Theo Lange in Tignes Avalanche
On Tuesday Tignes pro-skier Theo Lange was caught in a small avalanche that he triggered while skiing off-piste under the Aiguille...
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Recent Snow Takes its Toll
As we forecast the other week, we’re now seeing substantial snowfalls across Europe, but as expected, a mass of fresh snow...
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Movie : Know Before You Go
As we forecast last week, the snow is now coming down in Europe and it seems an appropriate time to...
![photo avalanche tignes. LE DL](https://www.powpowpow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/photo-avalanche-tignes-le-dl-300x225.jpg)
Instructors sentenced after fatal avalanche
Last week, three UCPA ski instructors from Tignes were found guilty of causing the death of a trainee ski instructor in an...
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JP Auclair and Andreas Fransson killed in Chilean Avalanche
The Chilean paper Publimetro is reporting the death of JP Auclair and Andreas Fransson in an avalanche yesterday. In Chile...
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3 caught in inbounds avalanche in Alta
The risky avalanche conditions are not limited to Europe or the alps this week, North America is seeing some equally...