Sophie Hediger, a member of Switzerland's snowboard cross team at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, has died following an avalanche at a mountain resort, the country's skiing federation said on ...

Hediger, 26, got caught in an avalanche at the mountain resort of Arosa in eastern Switzerland, the federation said. Sophie Hediger takes 2nd place during the FIS Snowboard Cross World Cup Men's ...

Greg Gagne, a forecaster at the Utah Avalanche Center ... However, if someone does opt to ski or snowboard in backcountry areas that have not been cleared by resorts, Gagne says it's important ...

Switzerland’s national snowboard cross team is mourning the loss of one of their own after Olympian Sophie Hediger died in an avalanche on Monday. She was 26. Hediger was swept up in an ...

Millo Moravski/Agence Zoom/Getty Olympian snowboarder Sophie Hediger died in an avalanche on Monday, Dec. 23, the Swiss-Ski federation announced. "Sophie Hediger, a member of the snowboard cross ...

Eliot Dänzer, a professional snowboarder from Switzerland, was killed in an avalanche on the Eiger.

Although recorded as only a D 1.5 slide, the force of the avalanche was enough to slam the snowboarder into a tree, snapping ...

If the individual (instead of the snowboard) had hit the tree, the result may not have been as lucky” CAIC said. The ...

Monica is a Newsweek reporter based in Boston. Her focus is reporting on breaking news. Monica joined Newsweek in 2024. She is a graduate of Clark University, with a master's from both Clark ...

SWITZERLAND, — Sophie Hediger, a member of Switzerland's snowboard cross team at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, has died following an avalanche at a mountain resort, the country's skiing ...

Although recorded as only a D 1.5 slide, the force of the avalanche was enough to slam the snowboarder into a tree, snapping his board. Luckily, the snowboard was the only casualty and the snowboarder ...