Turoa ski patrolier Murray Brown studies the five-metre-deep fall-out from a huge Class Three avalanche which swept down 'Slider' gully on Turoa during a storm Monday 11 July. The avalanche ― big enough to wipe out a train and buildings ― started from just below the Shark's Tooth near the summit of Ruapehu. It belies the belief that Ruapehu avalanches are of little danger.
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Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 12, Issue 546, 26 July 1994, Page 10
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62Turoa ski patrolier Murray Brown studies the five-metre-deep fall-out from a huge Class Three avalanche which swept down 'Slider' gully on Turoa during a storm Monday 11 July. The avalanche ― big enough to wipe out a train and buildings ― started from just below the Shark's Tooth near the summit of Ruapehu. It belies the belief that Ruapehu avalanches are of little danger. Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 12, Issue 546, 26 July 1994, Page 10
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