always good news for skiers and snowboarders but can spell danger for thrill seekers aussies denise polaski talk to those fighting avalanches in the host city of the next winter olympics of course that of such. sochi avalanche hunters have explosives and cannons on their side. their mission to keep the mountain peaks clear and see it's been snowing heavily in sochi this weekend skip full of magnificent but what may seem is just snow to most of us can provide prize last day total local avalon chanters. avalanche team surveys every new can craney of the resort they say russians love to push the boundaries and many skiers like riding off the beaten track is the team's lead expert he uses computers and weather stations to monitor the snow fall but being a local who's been living in the caucasus mountains for over forty years the man says there is more to his job than that the snow is a living being it has its own life you just have to learn how to understand it and this in turn is only possible if you spend your life with it at times the snow can turn nasty there's more than twenty centimeters

olympics host city sochi is hoping to attract fans of adrenaline packed winter activities artie's denise polaski reports on the modern resort now challenging the traditional ski regions. it's nowhere and cold in the caucasus mountains but it's the hottest time for ski fads many like this couple even came promise for a say bierria for the season's grand opening in sochi it's neat to see mrs now that . it's thirty snowing a month ago so much snow we wanted to write so badly and now we had this. super this is also cool to a brand new resort just off the black sea coast with a number just plan to attract ski fans who might otherwise prefer a winter break in france or switzerland kilometers of tracks that will be able to compete with many european resorts means six to ten thousand tourists will be able to ski here to show your work and seasonal warm weather left a few foreign destinations a little high and dry but then steph here it was i who got to became snowed under with work as skiers sold out new resorts just a little while and you. believed and everyone enjoyed. very positive feedback this morn

has always been for scores of thrill seekers is making safety a main priority today as artie's denise polaski reports on the brave men who are fighting the danger lurking behind the picture perfect mountain peaks. so chiefs avalanche hunters have explosives and cannons on their side. their mission to keep the mountain peaks clear and c. . and this is the air support. the hydrogen prove called daisy valve is deployed from a helicopter to blow up snow banks and hard to reach areas. it's been snowing heavily in sochi this weekend skipper for a magnificent but what may seem is just snow to most of us can provide prize last day total recall avalon chanters learned is the team's lead expert he uses computers and weather stations to monitor the snowfall but being a local who's been living in the caucasus mountains for over forty years the man says there is more to his job than that. though is a living being it has its own life you just have to learn how to understand it and this in turn is only possible if you spend your life with it at times however the snow can turn nasty if there's more than twen