As previously reported, two men died in an avalanche in the Japanese prefecture of Nagano on Sunday.
Salzburger dies in an avalanche in Nagano
One of the fatalities is a native of Salzburg, reported the “Crown newspaper“. Accordingly, the former Austrian freeride master and filmmaker was with Kyle Smaine on the way. The Innsbruck native used to take part in competitions and lived according to the motto “Ski, travel, enjoy life”, as he once said in an interview.
Kyle Smaine died in an accident
According to the “Krone” report, the Salzburg co-founder of the Freeride Academy Innsbruck. According to the blog, the second dead is “Mountain Gazette” About the US freestyle skier Kyle Smaine. According to this, Smaine was in Japan on business and was skiing down the slope with several other skiers at the end of the day when the avalanche, with serious consequences, occurred.
The two men were with three other skiers when the avalanche hit the east slope of the Hakuba Norikura ski resort around 2:30 p.m. local time (6:30 a.m. in Austria) on Sunday, a police spokesman said. Smaine, the man from Salzburg and a third skier tried to escape but were buried by the avalanche.
The friend of the professional athlete was buried under the snow at a depth of 1.5 meters for 25 minutes. He was “miraculously” unharmed. Any help came too late for the other two. The other two skiers were not caught by the avalanche.
(Source: SALZBURG24/APA)
