--- title: Avalanche Video: This Is What It's Like to Get Caught in One description: A helmet cam video shows what it's like to get buried by snow canonical: https://time.com/3929279/avalanche-survive/ author: Daniel D'Addario article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-20T14:03:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T08:23:05.127Z article:section: Science og:title: This Is What It's Like to Get Caught in an Avalanche og:description: A helmet cam video shows what it's like to get buried by snow og:url: https://time.com/3929279/avalanche-survive/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33638fd8631b2090/698855795f570f18f5b1c179/avalanche.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2704 og:image:height: 1521 og:image:alt: Mountain Landscape avalanche og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Is What It's Like to Get Caught in an Avalanche twitter:description: A helmet cam video shows what it's like to get buried by snow twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33638fd8631b2090/698855795f570f18f5b1c179/avalanche.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Is What It's Like to Get Caught in an Avalanche > Sponsored content. 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Future Proof is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Daniel D'Addario](https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Jun 20, 2015 2:03 PM UTC  Mountain Landscape Mountain Landscape Getty Images  by [Daniel D'Addario](https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Jun 20, 2015 2:03 PM UTC It’s every skier’s worst nightmare, but one that can indeed be survived. Kristoffer Carlsson survived an avalanche while skiing in 2011, and brought back helmet-cam video of the snow burying him. 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