1_small_step t1_j1s4azf wrote on December 26, 2022 at 11:37 PM Reply to comment by Snakend in All 10 people feared missing in Austria avalanche found alive | CNN by ybdiel In avalanche hardened snow, you run out of oxygen in around half an hour. About half of all avalanche deaths are by suffocation, the other half is due to trauma. No one dies in an avalanche due to freezing. Permalink Parent 12
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Reply to comment by Snakend in All 10 people feared missing in Austria avalanche found alive | CNN by ybdiel
In avalanche hardened snow, you run out of oxygen in around half an hour.
About half of all avalanche deaths are by suffocation, the other half is due to trauma. No one dies in an avalanche due to freezing.