Last season’s Stevens Pass avalanche tragedy detailed
WINTER SPORTS -- Our newspaper covered the Feb. 19, 2012, avalanche tragedy that killed three expert skiers at Stevens Pass, and I wrote a column that week explaining why avalanche tragedies must be explored.
And my blog followed up with a video interview with a survior and a blog post and series of links to help focus on the group effect that allows even experts to become blind to potential disaster.
But 10 months later, The New York Times has put together a long, in-depth, informative and fascinating multi-media report on the incident.
It's called, Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek -- A group of world-class skiers and snowboarders set out to ski Tunnel Creek. Then the mountain moved.
