Avalanche

[Ripitz]

Hate to be Debbie downer, but I just read that wearing a beacon inbounds will just make it easier to find your body. Statistics are bad. Maybe if everybody was required to carry a shovel and beacon, that would work, but, nah gonna happen.

For the general skiing public in North America that’s true. Those statistics aren’t the same if you are with an experienced partner. When I lived out West and in Europe we always skied with transceivers and shovels. I refused to ski with partners many times who were without. Ski one at a time and always wait for each other in safe zones. Shit can break from high above and bury people even on a groomer, which has happened. You can get caught in slough, carried over cliffs and buried. Knocked out in the trees or fall into a tree well. I can point to many incidents where these scenarios have played out. Lifts or no lifts, it makes no sense to me to ski alpine terrain without basic safety gear.

 

[Ripitz]

Rest in peace Kenneth Kidd.

 

[tirolski]

Video Rescues caught on camera as rare avalanche hits Lake Tahoe resort

Three people were injured and one was killed after an avalanche trapped skiers at Palisades Tahoe on Wednesday.

abcnews.go.com

 

[tirolski]

Shit can break from high above and bury people even on a groomer, which has happened.

Snow can break loose a lot of places.

Belleayre’s lodge was damaged by a slide a few years ago.

Wildcat in N.H. had an avi observation the other day.
"Natural avalanche activity observed at 9:15 am on the "short span" section of the Lift Lion trail at Wildcat."
Aspect NE (approx)
Elevation 3300' (approx)

Observations – Mount Washington Avalanche Center

www.mountwashingtonavalanchecenter.org

 

[Benny Profane]

Belleayre’s lodge was damaged by a slide a few years ago.

Ha, well, the Belleayre mention is a joke, right. Wasn't that a man made slab, anyway? Like Rumor breaking loose every now and then. Wouldn't want to be below any of that, though. Glacier.

 

[Benny Profane]

For the general skiing public in North America that’s true. Those statistics aren’t the same if you are with an experienced partner. When I lived out West and in Europe we always skied with transceivers and shovels. I refused to ski with partners many times who were without. Ski one at a time and always wait for each other in safe zones. Shit can break from high above and bury people even on a groomer, which has happened. You can get caught in slough, carried over cliffs and buried. Knocked out in the trees or fall into a tree well. I can point to many incidents where these scenarios have played out. Lifts or no lifts, it makes no sense to me to ski alpine terrain without basic safety gear.

Yeah, but, without four or five people shoveling fast, furgetaboutit. Of course people were digging with their hands. It's all you have, unless you steal a snowboard.

 

[tirolski]

Yeah, but, without four or five people shoveling fast, furgetaboutit. Of course people were digging with their hands. It's all you have, unless you steal a snowboard.

A dang snowboarder helped find one guy's wife.

 

[Benny Profane]

See what I mean?

 

[raisingarizona]

Ha, well, the Bellayre mention is a joke, right. Wasn't that a man made slab, anyway? Like Rumor breaking loose every now and then. Wouldn't want to be below any of that, though. Glacier.

It's still a slide that could kill someone.

 

[Benny Profane]

Like a variation on the tombstone joke: I Told You I Was Sick

I Told You That December Ice Would Kill