DYATLOV PASS
In February 1959, nine experienced hikers disappeared into the frozen wilderness of the Soviet Union’s Ural Mountains.
Weeks later, searchers found their tent abandoned on a remote mountainside.
Their boots were still inside.
Their winter clothing was still inside.
And a trail of footprints led away from the tent—into the darkness and bitter cold.
What could make experienced mountaineers leave their only shelter in the middle of a winter night?
The deaths at Dyatlov Pass became one of the twentieth century’s most enduring mysteries. Over the decades came theories of secret Soviet weapons…
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