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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

"Sophie Hediger, a member of the snowboard cross national team, died on Monday in an avalanche accident in Arosa at the age of just 26," the federation confirmed. "We are stunned and our thoughts ...

James Lang-Imagn Images Sophie Hediger, a rising star on Switzerland’s national snowboard cross team and a 2022 Beijing Olympian, tragically lost her life on Monday in an avalanche while ...

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 ...

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 ...

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According to the Federation, Hediger was swept up in an avalanche on Monday ... Hediger competed in women’s snowboard cross and mixed team snowboard cross at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing ...

An accomplished Swiss snowboarder died in an avalanche, the Swiss-Ski federation announced on Tuesday. Sophie Hediger, a 26-year-old member of the national snowboard cross team, was at the ...