Avalanche from the...

Avalanche from the...

Avalanche from the Churfirsten reaches the town of Walenstadt. Photo by Joerg Schoettli.
mountaindog
on May 3, 2005 6:17 am
Image ID: 103420

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tomi

tomi - May 3, 2005 11:39 am - Voted 10/10

??

what happened with houses?

mountaindog

mountaindog - May 3, 2005 3:36 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: ??

Believe it or not, no one in Walenstadt was injured. There was damage to the forest and some houses. This occured in 2003.

Tomek Lodowy

Tomek Lodowy - May 4, 2005 4:55 am - Hasn't voted

Drama !!!

WOW what a shot !

Claude Mauguier - Jun 11, 2005 5:11 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Brrrrr !

Strangely enough, such a powder avalanche should have blown away everything all around. But maybe it involved from one part the collapse of the (right portion) summit cornice - more hard and compact - together with powder snow stratas on the other part, laid on the middle ledge, thus giving a mixed type between winter and spring avalanches. But the shot is first class !

mountaindog

mountaindog - Jun 13, 2005 12:08 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: ??

I'll ask my friend (who lives there).

rpc

rpc - May 3, 2005 12:56 pm - Voted 10/10

Damn!

scary.

EastKing

EastKing - May 4, 2005 11:11 pm - Hasn't voted

Seeing news right before you.

Wow what great timing for a shot.

Aaron Johnson

Aaron Johnson - May 5, 2005 12:51 pm - Voted 10/10

Incredible

timing and picture! Amazing! Scary!

Corax

Corax - May 7, 2005 5:47 pm - Voted 10/10

Avalanche!!!

Wow!

WOW!!

Avalanche shots are always impressive, but this one is one of the best I've seen.

WOW, again!

Lobelia

Lobelia - May 13, 2005 8:15 am - Voted 10/10

Really....

spectacular. Lobelia.

darinchadwick

darinchadwick - May 13, 2005 5:07 pm - Voted 10/10

Photo of the week.

Why this didn't make photo of the week I don't know. I almost feel the roar.

mountaindog

mountaindog - Jun 13, 2005 12:08 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Photo of the week.

Many thanks!

Chris

Chris - Jun 15, 2005 7:14 pm - Voted 10/10

All I can say is...

DAMN!!!

herbie

herbie - Jun 21, 2005 1:10 am - Voted 10/10

Unbelievable ...

.... great shot! I already saw a lot of avalanche fotos, also from the Himalayas and the Andes, but this one is special, because the proximity of the human settlement to the big cloud makes it really looking scary and mighty.


This one would really deserve to be foto of the week.

Mblue01

Mblue01 - Mar 24, 2006 11:21 am - Voted 10/10

Wow

Indrukwekkend!

Holsti97

Holsti97 - Mar 24, 2006 12:50 pm - Voted 10/10

Right place...

at the right time! My compliments.

DerWanderer

DerWanderer - Jun 1, 2006 9:32 am - Hasn't voted

argh, horrifying

I've been there in the neighbourhood quite some times and I know the difference between the altitude on which the avalanche begins and the altitude on which it ends: it must be over 1500 metres!
Great, great shot! Many Compliments.

Andino

Andino - Oct 25, 2006 2:15 pm - Voted 10/10

Bravo

Great shot !

tuntun

tuntun - Oct 25, 2006 2:46 pm - Voted 10/10

Really

It happened really. Ohh you did a great job.
Thanks for sharing your pic.

nurettin

nurettin - Dec 1, 2006 7:35 am - Voted 10/10

Awesome

Awesome!

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