Bad Wipeout

[Kingslug]

You want freaky. 9 years ago in a building I worked in that had multiple setbacks with these bars that were supposed to mitigate snow and ice buildup from falling..uh..no.
A sheet slid and broke through the access hatch on the setback below..right onto a guys desk. He cam in 1 hour later..it would have killed him.
Inbound slides happen all the time..They can't bomb everything. The Wilbere bowl slids onto Big Emma once in a while..a double diamond glade above a big green area. Can't bomb glades.

 

[JTG]

One of the scary things right now is that there is a activity in lower elevation terrain in and near the trees....the kind of places people tend to target when more exposed, wind loaded, high elevation terrain usually carries more risk. Bottom line is, if you like to ski steep terrain you have to really educate yourself, know the warning signs to look for, even inbounds. Heck, I ski with my beacon inbounds on steep terrain out west nowadays.

Under Thunder Bowl out at Snowbird the terrain off the High Saddle traverse was sublime boot top to knee deep powder Monday afternoon. On Tuesday the sun was out and things warmed up, which I’m sure contributed to that slide, which was above the Saddle. That crown is pretty damn big. If one wasn’t looking for roller balls with an understanding of how temps and solar radiation can trigger activity you could easily put yourself in harms way on terrain you may otherwise think is safe.

Be smart, play it conservative, stay safe.

 

[Ripitz]

I ski with my beacon inbounds on steep terrain out west nowadays

I always ski with a beacon and shovel out West, even on easy terrain and sometimes in the car on the way there. We got snowbound in Silverton once. It snowed 5ft and they closed the highway behind us. I was shitting my pants driving an old Landcruiser. My friend climbed in the back to grab our beacons because we were too afraid to stop.

One of the scary things right now is that there is a activity in lower elevation terrain in and near the trees...

People think trees = safety. Unfortunately many meet their demise by getting sieved

 

[Kingslug]

St Anton after a huge storm..class 3 and 4 areas. Even had rented airbags..still scary. But best trip ever..

 

[Ripitz]

Colorado avalanche buries 3 backcountry skiers under 20 feet of debris, officials recover bodies — Fox News

The bodies of three skiers buried in an avalanche in Colorado's backcountry have been recovered and identified, officials said Wednesday.

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[JTG]

All those roller balls on that steep face above that gully would add to my fear factor a little. No place to lollygag!

 

[Country Gun]

Last week at Plattekill I was ripping down the line of fixed snow guns on Northface. Always a little risky, but so hard to resist.

The snow under the second to last gun LOOKED exactly like all the rest of it, deep and soft. But no, it was a few inches of fluff on top of some big burbling ice. Maybe from draining the line?

I'll spare you the pic of my ugly purple thumb.

The Northface near those guns after the Nemo storm is where I tore my ACL for the second time and eventually led to my knee replacement.
Mixer of powder and ice.

 

[raisingarizona]

A skier was found dead after a New Hampshire avalanche, officials say — CNN

The body of a skier was recovered Wednesday after an avalanche in the New Hampshire Ammonoosuc Ravine in the White Mountain National Forest, according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.

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Was this Skiin Ian? He was a well known east coast ripper that just passed while skiing. I don’t know the details.

 

[Ripitz]

Yes

 

[Peter Minde]

A skier was found dead after a New Hampshire avalanche, officials say — CNN

The body of a skier was recovered Wednesday after an avalanche in the New Hampshire Ammonoosuc Ravine in the White Mountain National Forest, according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.

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A skier was found dead after a New Hampshire avalanche, officials say — CNN

The body of a skier was recovered Wednesday after an avalanche in the New Hampshire Ammonoosuc Ravine in the White Mountain National Forest, according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.

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Tara Geraghty-Moats, 'Murrican Nordic combined skier and all-around badass, wrote a quite moving tribute to Ian Forgays. Sounds like quite the mentor and role model.