Avalanche at Palisades - KT22

[Smellytele]

1 person died 3 other people buried but rescued.

 

[MidnightJester]

1 person died 3 other people buried but rescued.

Were definitely multiple buried and for sure 1 Death out of the recovered so far. K-22 lift and trail POD was just opening first day for the Season!

 

[thetrailboss]

1 dead, 1 injured following avalanche at California ski resort, official says

Search teams were deployed following an avalanche Wednesday at a California ski resort near Lake Tahoe, officials said.

www.fox13now.com

Not good.

 

[thetrailboss]

More info. As said, KT-22 and right after opening.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/10/us/avalanche-tahoe-california-resort/index.html

 

[ss20]

Terrible day. An awful way to go. Prayers for the family. I hope the resort workers who were in that probe line are also doing as OK as they can.

First 30 minutes of the terrain being opened for the season, four people caught/carried, and a reported debris field of 150ft wide and 450 feet long. This was a large, destructive avalanche. This was not a freak accident thing. Someone seriously screwed up. That terrain never should've been open. I would definitely expect something to change in the industry once the cause of this is found. And lawsuits... I can't imagine a scenario where someone isn't criminally negligent.

 

[kingslug]

Someone's getting fired.

 

[MidnightJester]

1 skier killed, 1 injured in avalanche at California ski resort near Lake Tahoe

Masses of snow came rushing down the mountain at Palisades Tahoe in Olympic Valley, California, around 9:30 a.m., according to resort and response officials.

nypost.com

WAS LIVE: Official Press Conference Following Avalanche @ Palisades Tahoe Ski Resort​

Taho ski resort avalanche presser

Officials hold a press conference following an avalanche at the Palisades Tahoe ski resort in California. MORE ON THIS STORY: https://thenationaldesk.com/new...

www.youtube.com

 

[thetrailboss]

Terrible day. An awful way to go. Prayers for the family. I hope the resort workers who were in that probe line are also doing as OK as they can.

First 30 minutes of the terrain being opened for the season, four people caught/carried, and a reported debris field of 150ft wide and 450 feet long. This was a large, destructive avalanche. This was not a freak accident thing. Someone seriously screwed up. That terrain never should've been open. I would definitely expect something to change in the industry once the cause of this is found. And lawsuits... I can't imagine a scenario where someone isn't criminally negligent.

What part of KT-22 slid? It’s not like that is a remote and out-of-the-way part of the resort.

 

[kingslug]

Gs bowl...at the top.

 

[thetrailboss]

Gs bowl...at the top.

Yikes. Something is really wrong. That’s dead center of that area.

 

[thetrailboss]

More info. They’ve identified the deceased as a 66 year old man from Point Reyes/Truckee that was buried under at least 8 feet of snow.

Avalanche in Palisades Tahoe: Bay Area man dies, three others injured

An avalanche at Palisades Tahoe prompted the closure of the popular ski resort. One person was confirmed dead as the search for buried skiers ended.

www.sfchronicle.com

 

[BenedictGomez]

There are going to be more avalanches out west, hopefully no more fatal, but my guess is there will be. The entire west has a rotten snow base which baked in the sun for many days. Now we are getting blasted with a s******d of snow on top of that old base. Combine this with the fact people are jonesing for powder and great skiing and I fear it's a deadly backcountry combination.

 

[Edd]

I’m not a backcountry skier when I go out west so I never think about a beacon for those trips. But this is firmly inbounds, makes me wonder.

 

[kingslug]

Yesterday they bombed 9990 for hours...
I didn't go up there as I couldn't see it for the storm...
Why take a chance.
Something like k22..I would wait a while before I hit it...sure wouldn't be first down that thing.

 

[1dog]

Skinned/skied Superior a few years ago- 3 AM departure. I hadn't slept at Peruvian all week, so tired. Told my brother-in-law at Little Superior ' Lets head down, 500 more verts and see that huge cloud coming into LCC? We skied it- thigh deep . some face shots, 45 minutes after peak slid- 3 guys caught - no fatalities. . . . could have been us. . . . .as the pig says. 'be wery wery careful' . . .

 

[thetrailboss]

I’m not a backcountry skier when I go out west so I never think about a beacon for those trips. But this is firmly inbounds, makes me wonder.

If you watched the presser that someone posted here, Palisades was very vague about "what measures" were taken before opening KT-22. The mountain ops guy talked a lot about forecasting, historical data, etc. but said NOTHING about actual avalanche mitigation with explosives or patrol working the lines. Granted, they know that personal injury lawyers are all listening and it is likely that they are being careful about what they say since there will be a lawsuit by someone since it was inbounds, but that seemed pretty odd to me.

I also have to wonder who opens KT-22 with winds over 75 mph and storm conditions as they were reported. I get that everyone is Jonesin' for powder, but that does not seem like a good day to be up high.

 

[thetrailboss]

Video shows that the slide aftermath.

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

 

[MidnightJester]

Palisades Tahoe Avalanche Burial Survivor Interviewed

"I couldn't pull myself up because the snow was so heavy on top of me. I was buried, my face buried in the snow. I'm lucky I had the face mask, I had some

unofficialnetworks.com

 

[crank]

I think we're gonna bring our beacons and wear them inbounds when we go to Alta/Bird on Sunday.

 

[ThatGuy]

I think we're gonna bring our beacons and wear them inbounds when we go to Alta/Bird on Sunday.

You staying on the mountain? The Canyon is gonna be fucked the traffic as already terrible today. 40+ mins to get from Alta to Snowbird at the moment