Hundreds of skiers had to be plucked from a mountain top by a fleet of helicopters after they were left stranded by a massive power cut. Image shows a helicopter rescuing more than 600 stranded skiers, undated photo. It happened after a power outage at the Bernese Highlands, Switzerland, on…
This is the moment a women's ski race ends in chaos when contestants crash into each other in a whiteout that left competitors agonisingly injured. https://filedn.eu/lhVNGNsizwl5t7THnzzJ2c8/New%20public/CEN-SkiersMassiveCollapse-01.mp4 Up to 15 female skiers were left with gaping open fractures and other serious injuries after slamming into each other on a former Winter…
This is the moment surprised Russian skiers come across a special forces-style tripwire grenade tied to a tree in a snowy forest. The incident took place in an unspecified forest in Yakutia, which is located in the Russian Far-East near the Arctic Ocean. The footage shows a forested area covered…
These are some of the gruesome injuries several cross-country skiers suffered during a marathon which left some fearing amputation of fingers and toes. Participants of the 8th "La Diagonela" were left with severe frostbite injuries after temperatures plunged to below -25 centigrade. Organizers of the event claimed the temperatures were…
A visually-impaired skier has won a near seven-year court battle after a collision with a blind skier left him totally blind. Jeroen van Dijk, 70, was skiing in the municipality of Bramberg in the central-west Austrian state of Salzburg on 23rd January 2014. Jeroen, who suffered a stroke in 2010…