Annnnnddddd…..another death. Now 3 in 4 days. This is getting old….
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The Wasatch Thread: Skiing and Riding in Utah
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Annnnnddddd…..another death. Now 3 in 4 days. This is getting old….
Death is always a tragedy but its really Darwinism in effect for any adult who goes into the backcountry anywhere remotely near avy terrain right now…
Update: BOTH men SURVIVED the avalanche. Authorities corrected the earlier report.
BenedictGomez
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It didnt open today. I was told it's close though.
BenedictGomez
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I had a scare myself today. I was just by the marked cliff area on 9990 looking down picking my line, pretty technical area, the last thing I remember is thinking I'll go down about 6 feet and then do a jump turn, and everything under my feet just was gone. Sliding a high speed on my back, way too steep terrain to arrest, and it felt like my velocity was just picking up, basically yelling S**T, S**T, S**T, praying I dont hit any rocks or unluckily one of the very few trees scattered in the area.
One of my new skis will likely remain there until spring, as God only knows how much snow is covering it or where on that slide path it is! The other ski amusingly was found launched at a tree, almost like it was placed there. On the way to Cottonwood Heights tomorrow for pair #3 this season (1 stolen, 1 lost on 9990).
Be safe out there unstill everything stabilizes.
One of my new skis will likely remain there until spring, as God only knows how much snow is covering it or where on that slide path it is! The other ski amusingly was found launched at a tree, almost like it was placed there. On the way to Cottonwood Heights tomorrow for pair #3 this season (1 stolen, 1 lost on 9990).
Be safe out there unstill everything stabilizes.
Smellytele
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How long did it take you to make it back down without skis?
BenedictGomez
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Yeah, so post holing that's not fun. Luckily very close to where I ended sliding there's a catwalk that was compressed. From there I was maybe a few hundred yards from where Park City terminates its snowmobile tours that run near the top of the mountain, so I was able to get someplace where Ski Patrol could snowmobile me back to Red Pine Lodge sans one ski.
kingslug
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9990 has been some of the the best skiing I've done all season.
We did watch some morons ski right under Dutch draw..
So yeah..there will be more death out there.
I don't get it...but I don't have to...
We did watch some morons ski right under Dutch draw..
So yeah..there will be more death out there.
I don't get it...but I don't have to...