Buried Alive - Avalanche accident caught on helmet camera 

I get claustrophobic just watching this.

To all you people saying he should spit to know which way to dig: When buried in an avalanche you can't move, you are completely stuck, meaning you need someone else to dig you out. Glad you made it alright!

I was panicking laying in bed,lol....

Thank you Kristoffer! My husband ded under a big alpine avalanche with 11 other friends on 1990. Now, I know really what happened under snow to him. It was really difficult to me to see this video, but very important. Happy you are alive, happy today there is right equipment to create an air pocket in front of face. I never more went for ski mountaineering, nor ever in the snow (I raised alone our little girl, now excellent diving). But this year I'll come back with snowshoes. Thank you!

9:14 Translation "The only thing i was thinking about when i was buried, i hope the camera is filming"

I would have bought my friends so much beer after this

I thought he was only going to get buried up to his waist. So 1:32 scared the living shit out of me.

fuck! i would shit my pants and then the heat of the shit would melt the snow.

That was terrifying

You did a great job of not swearing and screaming your head off when the avalanche hit you! Glad you survived to share your experience. Staying on piste these days. :)

That was the most intense video I have ever watched. I felt like I was under the snow-I couldn't breathe. You have a story for the grandkids now! Glad you are ok!

I would love to know his name and would of course thank him a thousand times for helping with the digging. As you can imagine, I was pretty shocked the first minute when I got up, and that guy just disappeared without giving us his contact details.

Watching yourself die slowly, helpless, alone - scary thought, insane experience, great video !

That must have been scary as hell. Props to you for keeping calm like that.

My friend was in an avalanche. Day(s) before he read in a magazine how to survive an avalanche: make swimming movements with your arms. This is what he did and how he stayed up. He had to dig his nephew out. One person, the guide, lost his life. Some others survived. Traumatic event for all. Glad you came out too!

I couldn't breathe watching this.

thank you Kristoffer Carlsson for uploading this video. we will be careful.

This is incredible and terrifying! I've been very fortunate in that I've never actually been exposed to an avalanche whilst skiing, but this really was very scary to watch. Glad you survived pal, and thanks for uploading this footage to educate people like me.

Hi Marc. I´d say the heavy breathing at the end was a mixture of lack of O2 and me starting to consider not surviving.. I also like watching Antons face when I get up, the high-five is unforgettable :)

1:17 That's nightmare stuff...just when you think it's over...

Glad you're alive. Thanks for sharing the video.

Due to injury i'm no longer able to do stuff like this, I am a former mountain guide, so it was exciting to go through this ordeal with you. Glad you were ok, nice to see your friends had your back and got you out swiftly. All the little things like putting your hands up, meant you survived! It really pays to be prepared when going out on the mountain.

At 1:20 I'm screaming GO! GO! GO! TRAVERSE!!! How scary!

You are AMAZING!! So glad you are safe and took the proper precautions. This vid was hard to watch, as I felt I was struggling to breathe along with you! God bless you!!!

This video is making me feel claustrophobic as fuck.

So... Do you wanna build a snowman?

This run started on the summit above Vallon D´Arbi, on the north-west face down towards the moguls that you pass when coming from Lac de Vaux. There are a lot of good transceivers out there, the most important is that you use one with three antennas. Both me and the guy who performed the searching use Arva transceivers. Also don´t forget practicing with your buddies :)

This feels pretty bad, and to think that people died like this. I'm glad you're OK and that you you were equipped and prepared. I am not a good skiier, I can't even properly ski outside the slopes, but when I watch the beginning of the video, it does feel to me like you are are in a very avalanche prone situation. The snow is very soft and powdery, and you are skiing over ridges and breaking them.

This video is the reason I bought an avalance transceiver. Thank you for uploading it. Glad you are OK! And I hope I will never need it 🙏

horrifying. glad you survived

my heart rate started to rise watching this. I couldn't image staying calm, I'd be digging like crazy!

Amazing video!! So glad you were with friends and made it out with your life.

Glad you're alive mate. This is insane :-) I hope you will never have to deal with that anymore. We're taking precautions but it can always happen. Take care and never stop :-)

You sure are one lucky man. Stay safe

Really impressive of you to stay so calm man! Good job on saving the oxygen

wow, that was intense just to watch, i can't imagine how it felt, glad you're still kicking

man listening to you breath is haunting glad you made it out of there!

I am so glad you are okay. Were you wearing a beacon?

I'm glad you're ok, man. It must have been a terrible experience.

Both actually. In the first slide, my feet were taken away from the power of the snow. I tried to ski out of it but it's not very easy when you're falling over rocks and cliffs. I eventually come to a stop, and my fall down the cliff plus the weight of all the loose snow triggered the second avalance, the slab avalanche, which was the reason I got buried. Double bad luck you might say..

I'd say about 10 more minutes. I was starting to choke and get really dizzy at the end. Not much oxygen at all. You can hear that it is really hard for me to breathe in the last minute..

Man that was crazy. I can't imagine anything more terrifying than being buried alive and feeling completely helpless. I'm glad you are ok.

Balls of steel. Insane how calm you stay. My last moments wont be accompanied by such dignity. "NoooooooOOOOOO im fuuuuuuuckrdged"

Holy crap, dood. Happy you got out of there alive. I can't even begin to fathom how paranoid I'd get buried in snow, not knowing if help is on the way.

Frightening! Glad you are safe.

Man, this video just scared the sh** out of me. I'm glad you are alive. Good things happen!

Wow, so glad you made it out of there.

Amazing video... At first I thought it looked like no big deal, then I quickly realized that it was a big deal... I got a snowmobile stuck in 4 feet of powder and could barely walk, I couldn't image being stuck under 6 feet.

You survived the worst nightmare i could think of. Thanks for the upload, im gonna watch the link u posted, and buy a beacon and all that goes with it when im done. Hope you´re well dude

My heart is pounding

Fantastic video gave me amazing insight into the subtleties of this near death! Thank you. Going to verbier in a few days.

2019 anyone? But this was really terrifying imagine having that happen to you, I don’t think I would have survived

Wow that was hard to watch. Glad you made it out ok man. Whew need to catch my breath!

I couldn't breath just by watching this!... Thank god you're alive!

Thanks for sharing man. Great you survived it. Did you analyse what you missed in interpreting the situation upfront?

That is crazy. I was sweating when watching. You are lucky! Glad your safe.

Very smart with the creation of an air pocket! I can't imagine what you were thinking!

Kristoffer, thanks for sharing. I was very happy to read your description as I was, indeed, very terrified when I notice the ski being used has a shovel (seriously that skier should get properly equipped). - Could you tell us if your group look up the avalanche report for the day, the snow stability, terrain (simple, complexe or challenging) and how big was the avalanche. These would be helpful information.

@Kristoffer Carlsson, I'm glad you are alive and you shared the video with us. We all can learn a lot of this video. I instantly recognized the mistake you did even before seeing that there will be avalanche following up a few seconds afterward, just by carefully following avalanche courses and books, where they talk about skiing on a wind pilled up snow on the leeward side and crossing the deposited snow just like you did. That's is my point taken. My question: I ski with airbag as well. I didn't no notice you had airbag nor avalung. Now that you survived one avalanche, do you think it's worth investing in airbag and/or avalung? If yes. What airbag type: Traditional CO2 canister airbag that stays all the time inflated of air, or the new jetforce tech that deflates after 3 minutes with the idea of creating an extra air pocket. I welcome everyone to reply their thoughts as well

You just needed those fresh tracks eh bud? I’m happy to have watched this video. Meaning glad you made it out to tell your story and show how dangerous fun can be sometimes.

"I can't afford a helicopter". Awful, but true...! Priceless! Skönt att du överlevde, Kristoffer! Hoppas du pumpar vidare i offpisten!

You were lucky man be careful before any problem persist again

Thanks for this video!

Thank you for sharing this

Well done on keeping calm and to the others for finding you in time. Could they hear you shouting when you were still buried?

One mistake I noticed you made was that you didn't ski in the same lines as your friend. The line he took was safe and did not cause a release of snow while yours did.

what do you expect ya dope...skiing on that loose edge like that.

Damn he was so Fucking calm and I would feel like I was in a psycho asylum

Wow. Amazing capture. And what an amazing experience.

For anyone who doesn't know (or is just plain to dense to get it) An avalanche occurs when the snowpack - or the layers of accumulated snow - on the side of a mountain is in some way disturbed, leading to a fracturing of the top layer and a downward torrent of a large mass of the white stuff.

Wow, hitting that cornice was either outright ballsy or you were trying mitigate the speed by keeping high instead of dropping the more obvious line which is a typical mistake that everyone makes when they are in a bit over their head -been there myself. . Glad you are OK. Speed is your friend in those back country conditions -you are blessed to live and learn. Great Video and this video might benefit someone in the future.

I'll NEVER snowboard outside marked slopes.

That was a scary moment. I had to fast forward....couldn't hold my breath. Its great your mates knew were to find you.

I love the go pro print in the snow right after he gets buried. Congrats on surviving.

Glad att du överlevde, men jävligt riskabelt att ligga så nära sådana snövallar som du gjorde.. Såg ut som go offpist :D Ha det!

Damn. That's intense. Thanks for the translation.

That was crazy. You kept calm though, I would of freaked out. You're lucky you got out, well done dude.

glad you made it! Next time, avoid ledges that you can see where the wind has blown.

One reason you should never ski alone too....

Very nice work maintaining your calm!

For all the armchair commenters - this video illustrates the UNPREDICTABLE risk and seemingly innocuous conditions which can precipitate burial. The fact the slop released is not obvious from the top. Instead, compliments should be paid to the uploader for investing in the right kit, skiing one at a time, with his safety minded friends and ultimately avoiding a fatality. Being dug out of 2m of avalanched snow (which sets like concrete) is testament to this. Thanks for sharing this.

Kudos for staying calm bro, well done.

@T1mm0s I was able to move my left hand a few inches back and forth to clear my mouth from snow. Besides that, I was completely stuck...

Thats is luck! Good grief what a scare. And the Worst part the feeling of being buried alive. It took ages just to watch wanting to see signs from others. I wonder how You must have felt! Oh my, so glad You made it!

5 minutes at 2 metres is very impressive.

Good job bro! Glad you are okay :)

Glad you made it out bro!

Wow, I literally started to feel short of breathe watching that. Amazing and very lucky guy, forever in debt to your friends

Glad you got out of that ok. That is amazing.

Glad that you are alright mate....

Glad you made it. Very scary.

Chilling, excuse the pun! How did you stay so calm?! I guess that helped you a lot as air supplies must have been very low. Awesome recovery from the others as well. It's certainly made me think about my off-piste excursions a bit more.

I have never seen anything as terrifying as this Video. The biggest fear in life I have is being buried alive. I cried so hard when they found you. Thank God you lived. So thankful that they found you.

That's crazy, good thing you are safe now.

Very lucky man! glad you're lived to tell the tale :)

Hats off to you man that is some scary stuff. Glad you got out ok.

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So freakin scary! Glad he lived to post this video himself. Can you imagine the people not rescued? Stuck like that, unable to move until you die. Wow. Wonder if there's any footage of that.

I got big chills from watching that , scary as hell . I thought I would sit with this guy as he died , I was trying to help him while I was watching .

Props for staying calm!