Skiing is a ton of fun, and like most fun things, there's a major element of danger. This is one lucky skier.

As if risking the health of your body, joints, and ligaments wasn't enough... skiers face an ultimate fear. The dreaded avalanche.

The cold powder can not only bury you alive, but it's completely immobilizing. Every breath you exhale, the snow tightens its grip. Eventually, you'll run out of air, and slowly slip into a cold death.

Luckily for this guy, they had the right tools and know-how for such an event... so when it happened, everyone made it back to the lodge just fine.

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