Amazing European Avalanche Caught On Tape

This morning,  posted this video in my sister blog, Matt's Weather Rapport   (Check it out! All things weather related!)

But I had to post the video here, too. It shows an avalanche in the Alps. Stay with it. It starts out kind of uneventful, but watch it develop. Amazing!

Skier Sets Off Avalanche: Cool Video, And He Survives!

A guy skiing in Colorado this week picked the wrong hill to zoom down and triggered an avalanche.

Luckily for him,  he managed to stay on top of the snow and didn't get hurt. Luckily for us, he had a GoPro camera attached to his helmet. So we get to see the cool result of skiing into an avalanche.

Skip the first 3o seconds or so, kind of boring. The rest is really cool:

Excellent Avalanche Video

Out in western North America, avalanches are always a danger in and near ski areas. Every winter, you hear of people getting killed or injured by avalanches.

A lot of resorts intentionally set off avalanches when nobody is around in an effort to prevent future avalanches that might occur when the crowds turn out at the slopes.

Some of these intentional avalanches are a sight to behold, much like this video of such a project in Stewart, British Columbia. Keep with the video to the end, it's all cool.