2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche

Fatal snow avalanche in Washington state, US May 2025 March 2024 USA 1 Stevens Pass 47.7277 -121.1069 Location in the United States 5 200 USA Washington 1 Stevens Pass 47.7277 -121.1069 Location in Washington 5 200 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. United States Geological Survey Snoqualmie Pass Quadrangle, Washington 1987 1965 Photorevised 1987 1 : 24,000 7,5 Minute Series (Topographic) 0-607-57715-0 There were three fatalities and one injured. The avalanche was characterized as a slab avalanche, or 200 ft 5 across and 3 ft 1 in deep.https://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/#/?part=tunnel-creek Snow Fall Branch John December 20, 2012 The New York Times December 24, 2012 Three days before the avalanche occurred, a large snow storm dumped 32 in m 1 into Stevens Pass, which resulted in the unstable snow pack that was disrupted by skiers on their excursion. Avalanche The avalanche was triggered when sixteen of the nation's top free skiers and free snowboarders were making a run together.http://media.nwac.us.s3.amazonaws.com/media/filer_public/7c/cb/7ccb60b3-2ef9-4251-b7ac-fe770085a68b/preliminary_tunnel_creek_avalanche_accident_2-19-2012.pdf Tunnel Creek Avalanche Incident Morrison Patty Owens Jamie February 19, 2012 November 21, 2016 Moore Mark They had been gathered by Chris Rudolph, a charismatic marketing director at the attached ski area. One or more of the skiers triggered the avalanche 300 ft 5 below the top of the mountain. Starting at an elevation of 5800 ft 5 and a slope of 42 degrees, it rushed down a vertical drop of 2650 ft,Michelson. Megan Tunnel Vision http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/snow-sports/Tunnel-Vision-November-2012.html?page=all December 24, 2012 Outside November 14, 2012 carrying away five skiers.Tunnel Creek Avalanche Incident: Preliminary Report http://www.nwac.us/media/uploads/documents/accidents/2011_2012/Preliminary_Tunnel_Creek_Avalanche_Accident_2-19-2012.pdf Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center December 24, 2012 Patty Morrison Jamie Owens and Mark Moore February 19, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20131203020626/http://www.nwac.us/media/uploads/documents/accidents/2011_2012/Preliminary_Tunnel_Creek_Avalanche_Accident_2-19-2012.pdf December 3, 2013 dead One of the skiers wedged himself between two trees and avoided being swept away as the avalanche rushed over him. Another skier, Elyse Saugstad, deployed an avalanche survival airbag and suffered minor injuries, despite being trapped until her fellow skiers rescued her. The remaining three skiers, Jim Jack, Chris Rudolph and John Brenan, were killed through a combination of blunt force trauma and asphyxia.Avalanche killed experienced backcountry skiers http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/20/avalanche-killed-experienced-backcountry-skiers/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120223031738/http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/20/avalanche-killed-experienced-backcountry-skiers/ dead February 23, 2012 December 24, 2012 CNN February 20, 2012 The Wellington avalanche of 1910, the deadliest in U.S. history with 96 fatalities, occurred in the vicinity 102 years earlier. It happened about a mile (1.6 km) to the northwest, along the Great Northern Railway, in the early hours of March 1. Media coverage The avalanche attracted a high level of media attention because of the experience and notoriety of all sixteen skiers and snowboarders on the trip. Participants included professional competitive skiers and members of the freeskiing media, including reporters and a photographer from Powder Magazine.Nolan Hamilton The Most Popular Avalanche in America http://gawker.com/5970117/the-most-popular-avalanche-in-america December 24, 2012 Gawker December 20, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121231053657/http://gawker.com/5970117/the-most-popular-avalanche-in-america December 31, 2012 Abbot Nate Mainstream media addresses Tunnel Creek avalanche http://freeskier.com/stories/mainstream-media-addresses-tunnel-creek-avalanche December 24, 2012 December 20, 2012 In December 2012, The New York Times published an interactive multimedia feature piece called "Snow Fall"Branch John Q. and A.: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/22/sports/q-a-the-avalanche-at-tunnel-creek.html December 24, 2012 The New York Times December 21, 2012 that was critically acclaimed,Hecht Anthony The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/12/21/the-avalanche-at-tunnel-creek December 24, 2012 The Stranger December 21, 2012 including winning the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. References 2 47.7277 -121.1069 type:event_region:US-WA_source:nwac-20120219-report_dim:2km title Tunnel Creek avalanche Tunn Category:2012 in Washington (state) Category:February 2012 in the United States Category:Natural disasters in Washington (state) Category:Avalanches in North America