This is really cool except that I have no idea what any of these things would look like from a satellite image.<p>Could you possibly have "examples" of a base camp / avalanche / etc?<p>I can't tell if something is an avalanche or just a river / runoff.<p>Best of luck finding your friends!
I'm quite amazed that this is even possible to do, as it needs recent satellite imagery both from after they allegedly hiked there and from shortly before, to be able to make comparisons.<p>Is there some place where one can check the recency of all the available sources of satellite imagery from all over the world?