that is the terrifying moment a snowboarder ‘swam’ through an avalanche to forestall himself being buried alive.

Blake Nielson was once going down Massive Cottonwood Canyon close to Salt Lake City in Utah on Sunday whilst the ground underneath him fell away.

Surprising pictures from Blake’s helmet shows him frantically looking to keep at the floor of the snow by way of mendacity flat on his back.

He could be heard yelling: ‘Logan, I’m sliding, Logan, I’m sliding!’

Thankfully, he managed to stay on most sensible of the moving snow for roughly 300 toes.

The avalanche continued down the mountain for around 1,THREE HUNDRED toes prior to it eventually got here to a prevent.

Blake believes it was once started via a gust of wind which broke away a big slab of snow he was cruising over, in line with Utah Avalanche Center.

In his avalanche report, Nielson wrote: ‘i used to be in a position to keep the majority of my frame above the snow and was once in a position to radio my partner that i was sliding with particles.

Snowboarder Blake Nielson got on his again and ‘swam’ together with the avalanche (Image: Youtube/Blake Nielson)

Blake persisted sliding with the falling snow for approximately THREE HUNDRED ft (Image: Youtube / Blake Nielson)

Blake believes the avalanche was as a result of a gust of wind which broke away a big slab of snow (Image: Youtube / Blake Nielson)

‘An isolated wind slab broke unfastened under and above me which knocked me off my ft and took me for a trip.’

Blake mentioned he and his partner concept the snow was strong sooner than they hit the slopes, but they have been wary of incoming winds.

He warned: ‘Recognize the wind. Even a small “viable” wind pocket can holiday and lift you an extended way in steep terrain with long runouts.’

in keeping with the new York Post, another pair of skiers at a separate area near Salt Lake City had been additionally swept away in the avalanche.

Thankfully, neither of those athletes have been hurt.

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