The Dyatlov Pass Incident, 1959: How an Avalanche Explanation Was Reached

A snow-covered winter landscape in the Ural Mountains

About 5 min readNine experienced hikers died in the Ural Mountains in 1959, fleeing their tent into a freezing night for no clear reason. A reopened investigation and a physics study have now offered an answer — an avalanche, modelled in detail — and the case is counted as explained.