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Every skier at Cannon could sue them. They can blow snow in the teens and still be wet.
Apparently based on how hard Avalanche was!
Is it lack of air pressure at Cannon??
Aside from that day earlier this season, I've never seen wet gun snow with temps that cold.
How many AZ'ers HAVEN'T had a similar tumble happen to them over the years? Maybe not with that specific injury, but the wet snow tumble?
I know I had a double binding "over the handlebars" courtesy of a wet gun a few weeks ago - You've just got to be careful when skiing around a snowgun as their certainly can be some variability in the snow, even from gun to gun
and if I fall it's with closed fists.
I had pretty much the exact opposite happen to my at Whiteface. I was going up the summit lift and they had a gun blowing directly at the chair. It was 9 degrees. Got to the top of the mountain and went to get off the chair and both of my skiis stoped when they hit the snow. I however kept moving. The bottom of my skies were textured like a football.
If you fall, do not stick your arms out, especially if falling down hill. Good way to bust a collar bone or dislocate a shoulder as well (I should know)
Let your helmet do it's job and cross your arms over your chest. If you think your head might still take a hard hit, cross your arms right over your head. Once you hit the ground you can stick em out to help slow your slide.