• The 2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche occurred in the northwest United States on February 19, 2012. It happened at about noon PST in the Tunnel Creek section...
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  • Snow Fall (category 2012 works)
    Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek," is a New York Times multimedia feature by reporter John Branch about the 2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche, published...
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  • 2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche. She credits her survival to her use of an avalanche airbag that she deployed when the slide started. SHIRA, DAHVI (2012-02-20)...
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  • increase the risk of avalanches. For example, NWAC had issued an avalanche advisory on the day of the 2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche, which all of the involved...
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  • This is an incomplete list of notable avalanches. Avalanche List of natural disasters by death toll "The Peru Earthquake: A Special Study". Bulletin of...
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    (April 24, 2013). "2013/04/20 - Colorado - Sheep Creek, north of Loveland Pass". Colorado Avalanche Information Center. Retrieved October 31, 2019. Loveland...
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    Eye Tunnel. Along this route were three tunnels: Tunnel #31 (the tunnel at Ladora), Tunnel #32 (Needle's Eye Tunnel), and Tunnel #33 (the Loop Tunnel at...
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    Cascade Tunnel, killed 96-101 people, the deadliest avalanche disaster in U.S. history. This disaster prompted the construction of the current tunnel. The...
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    allows traffic in and out of the tunnel. The entrance portals are designed to withstand the force of an avalanche. The tunnel's eastern terminus is in Whittier...
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    Wellington avalanche one of the worst train disasters in United States history. Over a century later, an avalanche occurred on February 19, 2012 near Tunnel Creek...
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    Outlet Tunnel, a gravity-feed tunnel completed in 1985. The 8,465-foot-long (2,580 m) tunnel was cut through Harrys Ridge to South Coldwater Creek, which...
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    Berthoud Pass (category Landforms of Clear Creek County, Colorado)
    propane-fueled avalanche mitigation system consisting of five units that create concussive blasts to mitigate snow slab buildup on avalanche path #5, Stanley...
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  • association for design. Retrieved 2019-06-03. "Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek". www.peabodyawards.com. Retrieved 2019-06-03. "New York Times...
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    Tunnel (GBT; German: Gotthard-Basistunnel, Italian: Galleria di base del San Gottardo, Romansh: Tunnel da basa dal Sogn Gottard) is a railway tunnel through...
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    longer than 21 feet (6.4 m) and no wider than 8 feet (2.4 m) between Avalanche Creek and Rising Sun picnic areas which are located many miles below Logan...
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    trains ran on separate tracks outside the sheds. Although the tunnel removed the avalanche danger for that section, the problem persisted along neighbouring...
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    successful completion at Donner Pass of its 1,659-foot (506 m) Tunnel #6 (a.k.a. the Summit Tunnel) and associated grade, thus permitting the establishment...
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    While at The New York Times, Young contributed to "Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek", which won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing and a Peabody...
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    devastating flood and avalanche along this creek bed was a result of the 1970 earthquake. The avalanche of 1941 had filled the creek valley with debris,...
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    killed in an avalanche at Stevens Pass on February 19. The avalanche occurred in an unmaintained back-country area known as Tunnel Creek, which was described...
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    living in winter in the presence of snow slides and avalanches caused some deaths. To carve a tunnel, one worker held a rock drill on the granite face while...
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    steep, avalanche-prone valleys of the park have been a major obstacle to transportation, necessitating much railway engineering and avalanche control...
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    Lake, looping up on a high trestle over Herrig Creek, and passing through a 1,425-foot-long (434 m) tunnel at the summit of Haskell Pass, emerging high...
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    Retrieved January 27, 2012. "Frequently Asked Questions". National Park Service. Retrieved June 18, 2011. Sainty, Lane. "Tunnel Fire burns Sunset Crater...
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    (January 28, 2023). "Caprock Chronicles: Clarity Tunnel, the Doodlebug Line and the bats". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved January 31, 2023. Robbins...
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  • Bottom of the Sea (1964 to 1965) The Time Tunnel (1966) John Williams Lost in Space (1965–1968) The Time Tunnel (1966–1967) Land of Giants (1968–1970) The...
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    in Feature Writing for "Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek," a multimedia narrative on a deadly avalanche at Stevens Pass, and was a finalist in...
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  • wooden footbridges that provided access over the alpine slide. In 2012, Mountain Creek introduced an alpine coaster, which combines elements of an alpine...
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    Backpackers is situated near Goat Creek and provides alternative accommodation to the Otira Stagecoach Hotel. When the tunnel opened in 1923, traction power...
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  • Trolley disaster in U.S history 1910 Wellington avalanche, Wellington, Washington; 96 killed. The worst avalanche in U.S. history destroyed two trains and a...
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