Avalanche

D.B. Cooper said:
This looks like part river. At times the spray looks like a waterfall.
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Agree.

From the YouTube notes (bold added):
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We were out for a day of long range mountain surfing in British Columbia on Vancouver Island with our long range drones (that we build ourselves), hoping to get some nice cinematic footage. There was a "severe avalanche warning" a couple of days prior, but things seemed to have calmed down. Just when were were getting ready to leave, I looked up and saw a huge avalanche coming down the mountain right in front of us! I scrambled to get a battery on my long range FPV drone, fumbled with my GoPro, and booked it out towards the mountain as fast as I possibly could. I got there just in time to see an absolutely scary amount of snow from an avalanche hitting the bottom of the mountain. What looks like water in this video is actually a huge amount of snow, with some chucks as big as my truck.

Since I had the goggles on, I couldn't see what was goin on around me, and I was pretty paranoid about the avalanche coming down the mountain, through the valley and up the other side where we were sitting, all without me knowing. I was also worried that the road would get obliterated and we'd be stuck way out in the back country. Luckily, it wasn't even close.
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"For 75 years, the silent hours of deep, snowy mornings at Alta Ski Area were ruptured by the reverberation of heavy artillery echoing off the surrounding granite crags. Since 1949, weapons of war have been an invaluable tool in combating the ever-looming threat of destructive avalanches in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Drop into the story of Alta’s pioneering artillery program from infancy to its conclusion in 2023. These massive artillery pieces, recruited for a peaceful purpose, now face retirement as Alta presses ahead to the forefront of the latest technological advancements in avalanche mitigation."
 
We just watched it here. It’s a tragic and amazing story in a really beautifully put together documentary.

It’s seriously worth your time if you haven’t watched it already.

The forecaster/patrollers story was maybe the saddest part of the whole thing.
 
tirolski said:
"For 75 years, the silent hours of deep, snowy mornings at Alta Ski Area were ruptured by the reverberation of heavy artillery echoing off the surrounding granite crags. Since 1949, weapons of war have been an invaluable tool in combating the ever-looming threat of destructive avalanches in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Drop into the story of Alta’s pioneering artillery program from infancy to its conclusion in 2023. These massive artillery pieces, recruited for a peaceful purpose, now face retirement as Alta presses ahead to the forefront of the latest technological advancements in avalanche mitigation."
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It’s always fun to see Mr. Richards (aka The Grom) in the vids about snow mitigation up at Alta. He sure was fun to watch ski back in the day.
 
Brownski said:
A documentary about the 1982 avalanche at Alpine Meadows, called “Buried” is on Netflix now
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Good stuff. That was a monster, and it was basically an off and on blizzard three to four days AFTER the main event, and during rescue.
One thing I learned is that dogs hardly ever find people alive.
 
We just watched it.

What is different at "Alpine" today?
 
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