Swiss avi stats

[TQA]

"A total of 299 destructive avalanches were recorded over the winter with 19 deaths, according to an end of season report. NEW

Switzerland's WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, SLF, released its figures to the end of April in its Winter Review published this week.

It counts a destructive avalanche as one which leads to loss of life, injury or damages property.

All but one of the 19 people killed were participating in winter sports in unsecured terrain, classified either as backcountry (16) or off-piste (2).

The exception was a ski patroller who died on an open ski run when a huge slide swept across a piste in Crans Montana in February."

I think this about average on numbers.

 

[James]

Link?

 

[dbostedo]

https://www.planetski.eu/news/11769

And this one with some more info:

https://www.slf.ch/en/news/2019/05/winter-review.html

The 20 year average is 21 deaths, so this season was about average.

 

[James]

Map of all avalanches in which at least one person was caught (image SLF)

Look at this rock avalanche in March that also caused a snow one.

https://www.slf.ch/en/news/2019/04/rock-and-snow-avalanche-at-flueela-wisshorn.html

 

[James]

Make it 20 deaths. Someone died from the avalanche in Bagnes on May 11. Seven caught, 4 hospitalized. Now one died.
https://translate.googleusercontent...700259&usg=ALkJrhiiFBGY17C4hJFmmw1yv3RVpci0Qw