Bad Wipeout

Ripitz said:
As always this is just terrible news. This one hits home though. I’ve skinned that ridge to ski Middle Basin. Sounds like they missed the normal uphill route. I doubt that would have made a difference though since the danger was everywhere. One of the points made in the summary of the Wilson Glade accident in Utah to be considered,
  • Former forecaster Evelyn Lees found that 32% of avalanche fatalities of tourers from 2009 to 2017 happened on the ascent. Her study stresses the need to find safe ascent routes.
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Ripitz, More “info” here. Something about McMansions changing accessibility, allegedly.

https://www.tetongravity.com/forums...na-Conditions-Stoke-and-Whatev-Thread/page550
 
Some other points made were that grabbing onto trees rarely works and skis with locked toe pieces contribute to a deeper burial. I would imagine the inability to release applies to most split board setups. Another point to consider is that most people don’t wear a helmet while ascending to help regulate temperature. It’s most likely the most valuable pieces of equipment when going through a strainer. Definitely some lessons to learn. Another point made by one of the survivors of Wilson Glade,
“We were there to have fun, and this isn't fun.”
 
Kingslug said:
You see the park guys do it all the time..just not on ice at 100000000 MPH
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I think the jibbers call it a nose butter. Hard to do on a pair of 223s
 
That ain’t no Corbett’s
 
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