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The 2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche occurred in the northwest United States on February 19, 2012. It happened at about noon PST in the Tunnel Creek section of Stevens Pass , a mountain pass through the Cascade Mountains of Washington , at the border of King and Chelan counties. [ 1 ]
"Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek," is a New York Times multimedia feature by reporter John Branch about the 2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche, published on December 20, 2012. The article won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing and a Peabody Award . [ 1 ]
Over a century later, an avalanche occurred on February 19, 2012 near Tunnel Creek Canyon Road, killing three of four experienced backcountry skiers, including the Stevens Pass Ski Area's marketing director; professional skier Elyse Saugstad, who was wearing an avalanche airbag backpack, survived after tumbling down for more than 2,000 feet ...
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Caught in a massive avalanche and buried alive under a blanket of snow, Ken Scott knew death was just a matter of time. The post This Expert Skier Survived Two Avalanches After Hitting the Slopes ...
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.
Out of a group of 16 experienced skiers, three men, Chris Rudolph, age 30; Johnny Brenan, 41, and Jim Jack, age 46; were killed in an avalanche at Stevens Pass on February 19. [18] The avalanche occurred in an unmaintained back-country area known as Tunnel Creek, which was described as "ski at your own risk," after three feet (0.9 m) of fresh ...
2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche; H. Mount Hood climbing accidents; R. 1910 Rogers Pass avalanche; T. 2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche; W. Wellington, Washington ...