Dyatlov Pass Mystery Solved?

 

At the beginning of February 1959, nine Russian hikers died under inexplicable circumstances while camped overnight in the Ural mountains in what came to be called the Dyatlov Pass Incident (after their leader, Igor Dyatlov).  The case has been examined in numerous books and documentaries, and sensationalized on film (including Devil's Pass in 2013, where nine more young people try to investigate the mystery, with horrifying results).  Like so many "unexplained" mysteries, it has become shrouded in paranormal and conspiracy theories, especially because the bodies of the young hikers were found nearly a month later (after most evidence had been obscured), with very little clothing, having died of hypothermia outside their tents.  It seemed impossible to explain what could have driven them hurriedly to give up the protection of their tents, which remained intact, and to succumb to the elements.  In their study "Mechanisms of slab avalanche release and impact in the Dyatlov Pass incident in 1959," investigators Johan Gaume & Alexander M. Puzrin present new evidence that a peculiar type of avalanche may finally explain the mystery, and the story has been covered extensively in Nature, The New York Times, National Geographic, and countless other news outlets. Is the mystery finally solved?