About the Book - Buy it Now!
Avalanche of Spirits: The Ghosts of Wellington is the new book by paranormal author and journalist, Karen Frazier.
Now available from Ghost Knight Media, the book is part personal memoir and part historical account. It tells the true story of Karen Frazier's experiences at the site of the biggest avalanche disaster in the history of the United States. At least 96 people died in that avalanche on March 1, 1910. Nearly 100 years later, friends took Karen Frazier to visit the site of the Wellington disaster. What she experienced there changed her life forever. Karen - and many others - have come to believe that spirits still remain in the town of Wellington.
Karen Frazier spent the summer and fall of 2009 visiting Wellington, researching the history of the avalanche and town, and interviewing people who have had unusual experiences there. Avalanche of Spirits: The Ghosts of Wellington is a unique combination of all three. Part historical account, part ghost story and part personal memoir, Karen weaves together the past and the present in a compelling story that will keep you spellbound.
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What's New...
8/18/11-Look for an updated version of Avalanche of Spirits: The Ghosts of Wellington by the end of September, 2011. It will include the 2010 season, as well as stories people have shared about their experiences at Wellington, and will contain photographs by Jayme Coates!
7/11/11-The road to Wellington is open. There's still a little snow up there and it is mighty cold at night, but you can now drive all the way in. Happy hunting!
2/2/11 - Snow continues to dump in the Cascade mountains and Wellington remains inaccessible. Just one month shy of the 101 year anniversary of the Wellington avalanche, I've begun to gather my thoughts and notes from our 2010 season in order to share our experiences with readers. Be sure to check out Jayme Coate's photography website, area61.us for her photographs taken along the old GNRR railroad tracks through the Cascade mountains.
Man vs. Nature . . .
In late February 1910, two trains sat filled with passengers and workers, stranded high in the North Cascades of Washington State as a nine-day snow storm ravaged the landscape.
Nature Won
In spite of a valiant battle by the Great Northern Railway to get the passengers to safety, nature prevailed. On March 1, 1910, an avalanche rocketed down the mountainside above Wellington as the passengers slept on the trains. The trains were swept away down the mountain, until they came to rest on a ledge above the Tye River. 96 people perished.
Debris still remains at the site where the trains came to rest.
Train debris, 100 years later.
Spirits Remain
In the intervening century, the Wellington avalanche site has turned more than one skeptic into a believer in ghosts. Author Karen Frazier is among those who now believe that many who perished in the worst avalanche train disaster in the history of the United States remain.
