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    The Montroc avalanche occurred on February 9, 1999, 14:20 local time. Twelve people died in the avalanche, and multiple structures were either damaged...
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    in Üzengili in the province of Bayburt, Turkey. A large avalanche in Montroc, France, in 1999, 300,000 cubic metres of snow slid on a 30° slope, achieving...
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    prior to the avalanche. There is a memorial to those lost at site of the avalanche on the road from Montroc to Le Tour. Montroc avalanche at PisteHors...
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    winter-of-terror avalanches February 10, 1970 Val d'Isère avalanche February 9, 1999 Montroc avalanche February 21, 1999 Evolène avalanche February 23, 1999, Galtür...
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  • original on 2014-04-20. Retrieved 2014-04-19. "Montroc Avalanche". pistehors.com. Retrieved 2022-03-21. "Avalanche kills climbers at one of world's highest...
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    and arduous, involving delicate passages and the hazard of rockfall or avalanche. Climbers may also suffer altitude sickness, occasionally life-threatening...
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    1990. 1999: Avalanche kills 12 people and destroys 17 houses in villages of Le Tour and Montroc - the worst incident in Chamonix for 90 years. 1999: A lorry...
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    infrastructure in the Chamonix valley - first hand lift & piste info, lift passes, avalanche risk, etc (in English and French) l'École de Physique des Houches (in...
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    debris originating primarily in rockfall from surrounding walls and avalanching in accumulation areas of its four tributaries. Debris carried along within...
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    Kogan, Claudine van der Straten-Ponthoz and three Sherpas died during an avalanche. In 1977, she was the first to climb a new route in the Aïr Mountains...
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