skier hits tree at Burke Mt

ski_resort_observer · Mar 1, 2005

Just heard on the local radio news that a 24 yr man hit a tree at Burke Mt yesterday and dies. With the tragedy at JH last Fri...seems like alot of skier deaths this year?

BeanoNYC · Mar 1, 2005

Here's another one from yesterday. 15 y/o girl tubing a blue afterhours at Pico

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-liski0228,0,6135238.story

Sad stuff.

ctenidae · Mar 1, 2005

That brings us to what, 11 so far this year?
Ouch.

thetrailboss · Mar 1, 2005

Yes...here is the article from the local paper. The skier was on the East Bowl trail (my favorite). Probably lost control at the very bottom of the trail before the runout. My prayers and thoughts go out to the family.

http://www.caledonianrecord.com/pages/top_news/story/ba40f2080

ctenidae · Mar 2, 2005

I made a sheet when we were at about 9, I think. I saw no decent correlation between mountain, trail, helmet, age, or sex. Of course, nine is a pretty small sample size. Still, I think it just shows that shiat happens. Skiing is a dangerouos sport. We mourn those who are lost, at the same time feeling relieved it wasn't us.

Skier75 · Mar 2, 2005

Man, that really stinks. We really try hard to watch ourselves on the slopes...don't want to become one of those.

ftrain · Mar 3, 2005

In Chamonix there are 300-400 people killed on average each year.

SkiDork · Mar 7, 2005

it turns out this was the brother of StormChaser, a frequent poster on KillingtonZone.com and the guy with the speakers on his helmet. You can read his post here:

http://www.killingtonzone.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3066

Vortex · Mar 7, 2005

Very sad, thankx for the info Ski dork. I replied on k-zone.
We talked about this a bit on Sat at Burke. People were shook up about it.

thetrailboss · Mar 7, 2005

Got the scoop from my connections at Burke: the guy was a good skier who was familiar with the mtn. At about 3:30pm, he decided to go down East Bowl (which closes at 3:15pm or so) and told his GF to wait at the bottom. He ducked the rope (trail was closed and swept) and did not turn up at the bottom. Ski patrol took a snowmobile up the run and found him about 1/3 way down on side of the trail underneath a tree. Horrible situation...feel bad for the family. Local ties.

Charlie Schuessler · Mar 7, 2005

I'm sorry to hear about this, however two wrongs don't make a right....

1. Ducked the rope.

2. Skied in the tree's alone.

thetrailboss · Mar 7, 2005

Charlie Schuessler said:
I'm sorry to hear about this, however two wrongs don't make a right....

1. Ducked the rope.

2. Skied in the tree's alone.

You were reading my mind. East Bowl is probably my favorite trail period. I felt bad last week when I heard of the incident...but when I got the specifics I felt a bit differently. East Bowl closes early because it is a loooonnnng trail (over two miles) and is the furthest one away from any facilities (which probably contributed to his death...response time was long). There have been times when I wanted to take one more (illegal) run down EB, but I always held back. Bad situation...

billski · Mar 7, 2005

off?

ftrain said:
In Chamonix there are 300-400 people killed on average each year.

How many are off-piste?

subdude · Mar 7, 2005

ftrain said:
In Chamonix there are 300-400 people killed on average each year.

I find that hard to believe.

BrockVond · Mar 7, 2005

thetrailboss said:
Got the scoop from my connections at Burke: the guy was a good skier who was familiar with the mtn. At about 3:30pm, he decided to go down East Bowl (which closes at 3:15pm or so) and told his GF to wait at the bottom. He ducked the rope (trail was closed and swept) and did not turn up at the bottom. Ski patrol took a snowmobile up the run and found him about 1/3 way down on side of the trail underneath a tree. Horrible situation...feel bad for the family. Local ties.

Who is your connection at Burke? Ski patrol on duty that day? One of those who responded to the scene?

BrockVond · Mar 7, 2005

Charlie Schuessler said:
I'm sorry to hear about this, however two wrongs don't make a right....

1. Ducked the rope.

2. Skied in the tree's alone.

3. Second hand info posted on a website.

SkiDork · Mar 8, 2005

FWIW, According to Stormchaser, the report of him ducking a rope is false.

You can read the thread where I posed that question to him here:

http://www.killingtonzone.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3066&start=30

(thats actually a pointer to the 3rd page of the entire thread...)

Here's a pointer to another thread where I got all misty and posted my feelings, then StormChaser told us how he's going to make a tribute to his brother:

http://www.killingtonzone.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3083&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

thetrailboss · Mar 8, 2005

BrockVond said:
thetrailboss said:

Got the scoop from my connections at Burke: the guy was a good skier who was familiar with the mtn. At about 3:30pm, he decided to go down East Bowl (which closes at 3:15pm or so) and told his GF to wait at the bottom. He ducked the rope (trail was closed and swept) and did not turn up at the bottom. Ski patrol took a snowmobile up the run and found him about 1/3 way down on side of the trail underneath a tree. Horrible situation...feel bad for the family. Local ties.

Click to expand...

Who is your connection at Burke? Ski patrol on duty that day? One of those who responded to the scene?

A local who works at the mtn.

Everyone feels upset over the two incidents this past week at the mtn. I think I speak for most of the folks up there (and in here) in offering our condolences to the family. My apologies if there has been any misunderstanding...

SkiDork · Mar 8, 2005

no problem - this sort of stuff always happens when an incident like this occurs. No way to avoid it.

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