There were multiple signs that the face / shoot we were going to ski was unstable as we came up the Schwarzhorn lift. A number of slides were visible which must have come down in the last 12 hours. As we got off the lift and skied over to I could feel a hollow nature to the snow. The others decided to head straight in and ski...

First off, Thanks to www.snowbigdeal.com & Mike Duffy (www.avalanche1.com)...

I have been caught in a snow slab avalanche that I released in the Bregenzer Wald this past Saturday. I immediately activated the ABS System ...

(...) "the abs just saved my life, I should even say that it makes me being here today a big miracle. (...) Speed is not always enough...even though you might hear me pretty often claiming that speed is your best friend in freeriding..."

Well our group went to Castlegar BC Canada and I was caught in an avalanche just sidehilling to get from one spot to another ...

I have been a member of the Austrian Search and Rescue Team at OS Schröcken and completed a specialized avalanche course in order to become a member of the local and the Schröcken-Warth Avalanche Committee, and it is therefore of great concern to me to report my experience ...