One skier recently had the scare of his life after being swept some 300 meters while skiing near Mont Blanc. The airbag in ...

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The agency said the skier who died was descending at the time of the slide and wore an avalanche airbag backpack, which was armed and functional but did not deploy. Spokesperson Kelsy Been later ...

Moden, an experienced skier, was wearing an avalanche airbag backpack at the time of the incident, according to the CAIC report. However, the airbag failed to deploy. "He had skied on Red Mountain ...

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center says he was wearing an avalanche rescue transceiver and an avalanche airbag backpack which had not been deployed.

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