The video is a little grainy, but what you can make out is truly alarming. A chairlift at the Kazakhstan ski area of Chimbulak is destroyed by a massive avalanche triggered during avalanche control work. Thankfully the slopes were clear and the chairlift was not running at the time of the side.

Tim Konrad is the founder of Unofficial Networks and a passionate skier with over two decades of experience in the ski industry. In 2006, he launched the blog from Lake Tahoe with his brother John, evolving...