A snowmobile driver triggered a 600-meter-long avalanche at Kårsavagge in Sweden on Wednesday. One person was seriously injured and two others were slightly injured. According to police, the accident could have been avoided with common sense.
The avalanche occurred when snowmobile drivers rode up the steep 'Rubens vägg' south of Riksgränsen, dragging five people along. A 24-year-old man from Norway was seriously injured. About 30 people were reportedly at the site when the avalanche was triggered.
it is legal to drive snowmobiles in the entire area but extremely dangerous and foolish, adding that it is only luck that no one died
Police coordinator Stefan Källström stated that it is legal to drive snowmobiles in the entire area but extremely dangerous and foolish, adding that it is only luck that no one died. He noted that this type of snowmobiling has become popular, often involving large groups, and is a result of ignorance and risk-taking, frequently involving young men. Three avalanches have occurred in the area within a day and a half, two of which required police and mountain rescue operations.
Källström emphasized the importance of reading avalanche forecasts.
this type of snowmobiling has become popular, often involving large groups, and is a result of ignorance and risk-taking, frequently involving young men
emphasized the importance of reading avalanche forecasts