Avalanche: Man-Made Snow to the Ground

In one of the most bizarre occurrences an avalanche occurred in the Midwest. During the fall of 2006 at the Indiana ski resort Perfect North Slope. This central Indiana resort was making snow on bare ground, as is common at most resorts. After a night of snow making the staff arrived to see the slope had avalanched.

Not enough research was done on this avalanche but several firsts or at least extremely unusual things occurred during this avalanche

• ·An avalanche occurred in the Midwest
• ·The avalanche was composed of 100% man made snow
• ·The avalanche slid on bare ground with no snow layer below