Snow is beautiful, as long as I am not there. The last time I shovelled it was March 1977 (St Louis, Mo). I down-hilled (Bear Valley Calif) once and cross country-ed (Boreal Calif) once at that is enough. I grew up in St Louis Mo; that is enough snow for me (1948-1977). Y'all have fun with it though.
@zacgan1845 Says:
i am by no means knowledgeable in this area but i have heard of avalungs - small wearable devices that are supposed to increase the duration of breathable air whilst buried. perhaps they would be worth a mention, if only to spread awareness
@ELmaster1990 Says:
It's fascinating how this video animation is better than one frame man just joking
@bryan_trades0 Says:
The best way to survive an is not to be there in the first place
@tallybar Says:
rip nimasdai
@graffitihandstyles Says:
RIP NIMSDAI AND ALL LOST THAT DAY ❤
@Firsther0 Says:
RIP nims purja and the 9 climbers. they will be remembered.
@Ispeakfactz Says:
Rip nims
@camcamwatt Says:
RIP Nims 🤍✨🕊️
@shubhamshreyashkr4238 Says:
Nims was caught in a slab avalanche, the worst kind to face😢
@AquaticCat141 Says:
Rest in peace nimsdai you inspired us.
@2am561 Says:
Rest in Peace Nimsdai Purja
@jasodhaaeri Says:
HOLY ALGORITHM 🎉🎉
@pembagurung5 Says:
🕯️ 🕯️ 💀 ☠️ WHO'S WATCHING THIS AFTER THE SAD NEWS OF RIP NIMS DAI 😇🙌 🕯️ 🕯️
@bobbymaharjan2710 Says:
🕊️💔🙏🏔️🇳🇵
@SS-ge3mn Says:
Got obseesed with mountaineering videos after broadpeak incident july 31 2026
@Saki.016 Says:
I'm here to learn more about avalanche after the broad peak tragedy 2026.
Mountains are beautifully camouflaged death beckoning far distant souls swallowing Monsters.
In my thought,
A monster named "Broad Peak" took 10 souls.
@bo5139 Says:
Keep defying Mother Nature and you will get served
@EvoMisfits Says:
The worlds has lost one of the if not the best mountaineer. Greatest lost!! The guy that embodied discipline, perseverance, respect, and kindness.
RIP NIMS! U will be missed by mankind that loved you and the mountains that u loved ❤
@oshantoshanto5286 Says:
RIP Nimsdai 😢😢
@sule_adk69 Says:
Nims Dai and His Team 💔🫡
@Ankit_Bhatta_Rai Says:
rip nims dai🙏
@strongdawg01 Says:
RIP Nimsdai 🕊️🕊️
@daveshankyy101 Says:
Who is here after broad peak avalanche 😢
@ashwingupta17 Says:
Who's here after nimsdai 😢😢😢
@Wormofsand Says:
I remember one time my friend and I hiked into the Upper Bowl of the San Francisco Peaks outside of Flagstaff AZ. There were big signs saying, ski patrol doesn’t not come out here proceed at your own risk. At one point he took a big fall as we were going down. Looking at the snow where he fell, we saw thick hard snow on top of soft snow. We knew what that was and got out of there as soon we could. That was the closest I’ve ever been to being in an avalanche.
@kjack2019 Says:
“Avalanche Airbags: doing to avalanche education what gps did to learning how to read a map”
Cutting those odds by half wouldn’t look so good if you could factor in all the people who said “moderate danger? No problem, I’ve got my airbag, let’s go! You wanna dig a snow pit? Screw that, let’s go!”
You REALLY undersell what avalanches can do. Where’re the pictures of acres of flattened trees? I’ll take an F5 tornado over a D5 avalanche any day. A D4 is basically an F5, literally defined as capable of destroying a well built house. A D5 will bury a town.
I would be surprised if anything shown in this vid was even D4, maybe one clip that shows trees cracking.
Wind is extremely important for slab development, and why I never understood (as a new Englander) how people ever ski right after storms… turns out, some places the snow just falls and sits there! Mt Washington is a wind slab machine, with winds dramatically and predictably picking up after storms move out, immediately building thick slabs over the weak snow from the start of the storm. A few inches can easily build slabs over a foot thick, and even a slab smaller than that can leave a 10’ deep debris pile in a terrain trap
@joette8510 Says:
I guess I’ll never understand why a person would even put themself in a place where an avalanche can occur. 😕
@artofescapism Says:
Avalanches are terrifying, wow!
@tripsaplenty1227 Says:
16:42
I hate the way this guy pronounces Avalanche.
@kenreville9134 Says:
I lived through an avalanche retreating off the the south face of Annapurna in December of 1987. Lucky I am.
@lindap.5120 Says:
Cool to see Bruce Tremper in a science video. He helped keep us safe in the Wasatch.
@billyjean4752 Says:
A surface whaaaat??? Ive heard of a street one but a surface one
@HypnoClippy Says:
Saying "the best way to not die in an avalanche is to not be in one" has the same energy as "if you don't wanna be eaten by a shark don't go swimming" xd it's beautiful
@straightup-schizophrenic Says:
Not me watching a whole video on avalanches and now I'm planning on watching one on asbestos
@jimvick8397 Says:
I survived one, I should be dead...
@jtwoolley Says:
Green
@might2you Says:
2:51 no way he worked for Bridger, I'm going backcountry skiing there tomorrow
@davidbuchholz9594 Says:
I can't listen to him say Avalanche one more time
@gajendrasingh-kl5jq Says:
Love you my Brother Kai Smart ❤❤
@HyungnamGu Says:
Initial Movement: An avalanche starts with a slab of snow breaking away and fracturing into smaller blocks and granules.
Frictional Heating & Melting: As the snow cascades down the slope at high speeds, violent collisions and friction between snow grains, and between the snow and the ground, create significant heat. This heat—along with pressure—causes the snow particles to melt slightly, especially in wet snow or lower-elevation avalanches.
Lubrication: The melted water acts as a lubricant, which can actually increase the speed and mobility of the avalanche.
Refreezing & "Concrete": When the avalanche stops, the debris comes to rest. Because the snow is heavily fragmented and mixed with this meltwater, it acts like wet concrete. As the liquid water in the debris refreezes—which happens very quickly—it forms intense ice bonds between the snow grains.
@usuckthereturn Says:
Solution: Go someplace warmer for vacation!
@Oeil_dHermine Says:
My father, ski patroller in Val Thorens, fell down a cliff and got caught in an avalanche one snowy and windy day while closing a slope. Got rescued by his colleagues with the help of a ratrack, and all, but go pretty scared though...
We also don't put the poles' straps on, so as to have free hands to "swim up" if we get caught.
Btw, the cover image is great
@r0rrook Says:
Stop charging the thumbnails I'm like oh new video then I click and get disappointed
@astrafaan Says:
"For Free" - I imagine "Brilliant" doesn't teach the English language ;)
@thelastdumpling Says:
Watching this after strapping on my avalanche beacon for a powder day today. This video is unnerving as hell.
@Kanade-Himura Says:
18:00 The shot of him skiing down, stopping, turning and seeing his friend's ski sticking out of the snow before getting ripped away by the avalanche is straight out of a horror movie
@kantemirovskaya Says:
Great channel but am a little disappointed you only mention the WWI battle the Domitian Alps briefly-White Friday as it is known was and is a huge brutal battle that little know about... Even the Swedish Metal band @Sabaton who cover many wars and battles throughout history covered this battle in their song "Soldier of Heaven" which chronicles the thousands of soldiers buried in ice and snow who spend eternity up there frozen.
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