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By Jean Hennelly Keith Each year, grim headlines tell of skiers and other winter sports enthusiasts who venture off-trail in high mountains and are swept up in avalanches. Victims—or someone in their group or in a group skiing above them—trigger over 90 percent of avalanche accidents, and nearly 20 percent of those caught in avalanches die, amounting to more than 150 fatalities annually worldwide—and that number is rising. The Alps top the list for these fatalities. Unlike the ski areas i...

What it feels like to be trapped in an avalanche Save Follow A series of avalanches has devastated Switzerland recently, leaving eight dead – including a British and an Irish national. In France, there has also been a number of fatalities, as local risk levels are increased following heavy snowfall. Most people will never experience the terror of being caught in an avalanche, but professional snowboarder and photographer Johno Verity unfortunately did 13 years ago – and caught his ...