Orange Persimmon Interactive reporter Cheng Xiaolong
Today (April 23), the news of a tourist dying in a well-known ski resort in China spread in the outdoor circle.
According to the news: At about 17 o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Keketuohai Ski Resort in Fuyun County, Altay, Xinjiang, a skier was zoned into the non-snow area of the ski resort, fell into a dark pit and was buried for about 50 minutes and suffocated.
A witness at the scene sent a video: someone fell in the snow, and someone next to him was busy doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation to save people.
The person who shot the video asked loudly with concern, "Did you call an ambulance, did you call for help?"
The person who posted the video said that he was passing by on a cable car at the time, and it was said that a person was planted in the snow, and the snow was too loose.
Keketuohai International Ski Resort is located in Fuyun County, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang.
According to the official propaganda, it has the longest ski trail in the country, "Jewel Avenue", which can be skied for 9 kilometers.
There is also the "Black Diamond Road", which has the steepest slope in the country, with a height difference of 227 meters and an average slope of 71.28%, and the "Diamond Road", which can meet the international competition of alpine downhill in the country, with a maximum drop of 900 meters.
In November 2023, Zhou Yaping, a well-known domestic ski instructor, skipped off the slope on Qingri Road in the ski resort because she avoided shooting snow friends, and died after being injured and rescued.
Regarding yesterday's accident, Orange Persimmon Interactive contacted a number of local skiers, and some skiers said that this matter spread to everyone in the ski circle, and the specific situation is unknown.
A local ski trainer told the Orange Persimmon reporter: It's a pity! The skier who had the accident was not on the specified slope and was skiing off the slope.
The person analyzed the cause of the accident and said that the current temperature is getting high, and the snow outside the road is beginning to melt, and the surface looks like a good end of ice and snow, but the middle layer is likely to be empty.
He cautioned that it is dangerous not to go skiing outside the piste at the end of the season.
Several skiers said that people often skied off the slopes, and they were sleepy for hours, sometimes until late at night before being rescued. Skiers should have a sense of reverence for nature.
Another insider said that the location of the accident was near the Little Wolf King Cable Car outside the ski resort.
The little wolf king near the place of the incident and the big wolf king, known as "the ceiling of free wild snow in China" in the ski circle, belongs to the Internet celebrity check-in place, and is much loved by wild snow people.
On the video platform, many skiers posted pictures of challenging the big and small wolf kings, saying that it was very exciting and fun.
In this regard, the local cultural tourism has repeatedly issued warnings: It is strictly forbidden to ski wild snow, it is strictly forbidden to ski wild snow outside the road, and it is strictly forbidden to enter the big and small wolf kings!
According to the official explanation, wild snow is very different from ordinary ski resorts: there are no lifts, and the area is relatively remote and few tourists. There are no machine-pressed snow trails, and they are all snow-capped mountains, forests, and snow pillows formed by pure natural snowfall.
In addition, wild snow is naturally exposed, without any road signs, no service personnel, there are only endless snow surfaces and unknown terrain, due to many natural obstacles (trees, tree wells, rocks, cliffs, ice cracks, dark rivers, etc.), so that the probability of injury is greatly increased, coupled with the variable snow conditions at different altitudes, it is difficult to provide a relatively stable skiing experience for skiers like the area in the ski resort.
The biggest challenge is that rescuers may not be able to arrive in time, and in some places there is not even mobile phone coverage, and even minor injuries can easily cause major disasters.
The official also reminded that since March, the risk of avalanches in the mountains is relatively high, wild animals are frequent, and there are major safety hazards in snow skiing.
Orange Persimmon Interactive noticed that some skiers also accidentally photographed the bear's activity footprints!
In recent years, the domestic ski industry has entered a period of rapid development. According to statistics, by the end of 2021, the mainland had 811 ski resorts, with more than 12 million skiers.
At the same time, the number of casualties in ski resorts is also increasing, which deserves great attention and vigilance.
In February 2022, a skier at Songhua Lake Snow Resort in Jilin Province died after sliding out of a protective net outside the trail and hitting a tree to avoid people staying on the slope, and in January 2023, an 8-year-old girl fell from the ropeway of a ski resort in Hebei Province, resulting in a compression fracture of the thoracic vertebrae and inability to take care of herself......
Some commentators say that skiing is a high-risk sport, and ski resort operators need to pay special attention to the personal safety of ski enthusiasts, which is also a prerequisite for the prosperity of the ski industry. The accident at the ski resort sounded the safety alarm bell.
Editor in charge: He Xin
Review: Wang Chenyu, Liu Hui