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.

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