Bad Avy Bearpaw!! They Need Help!!

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_AJ_

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• Jan 2, 2008

• #1

There was a bad avy yesterday near bearpaw. I'm foggy on the details of how many at this point, but I understand that two survived, 1 deceased and one or two missing.

35 people on the mountain looking and they need some relief searchers.

They are meeting at the Canyon Creek Road this morning.

PLEASE BE CAREFUL!!!!!!! BE PEPARED!!!!! RIDE SMART!!!!!!!!

AJ

 

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Soccerd6

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• Jan 2, 2008

• #2

prayers to the families.... and lots of prayers to the searchers and the search effort - let us know when you get more details....

 

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CleElum Sledhead

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• Jan 2, 2008

• #3

Sad news

Very sad news.

My Prayers to the involved families too.

I don't think I would be of much help in the search, as I am currently in Cle Elum and I do not know the area at all. Never ridden the area.

Please keep us posted as the details unfold.

 

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_AJ_

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• Jan 2, 2008

• #4

Still no details...... Sounds like a recovery mission at this point

Prayers to the families........

AJ

 

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nwRMKman

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• Jan 2, 2008

• #5

It looks like it was on the excelsior side. Back a couple of ridges.

 

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OrganDonor

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• Jan 2, 2008

• #6

Will they need relief searchers tomorrow? If so post details and Ill be there.

 

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nwRMKman

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• Jan 2, 2008

• #7

http://www.komotv.com/news/12976417.html

 

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kosovojoe

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• Jan 2, 2008

• #8

Just got some info from friends. I know info can change,but this is what I have been told.
The slide was over on the backside of the widowmaker somewhere.
I don't know the girl, but they brought her out last night.
Through friends I know the man who is missing. Out of respect, I am not posting his name. He is a real good guy, a family man, a gifted sled mechanic and rider.
Been riding here for years!
Thoughts and prayers go out to his family and many friends.

 

SNOBI-WAN-KENOBI

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• Jan 2, 2008

• #9

Avy at Baker

My condolences to the family and/or the familys involved in this terrible incident.
Would be nice if there were no incidents...EVER !!
Polar HO

 

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CSV

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• Jan 2, 2008

• #10

My prayers go out to everyone effected

 

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dragonflys4me

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• Jan 2, 2008

• #11

Avy on Baker

My boyfriend is up there on the search and we know the family. My thought and prayers with the family.

 

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kosovojoe

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• Jan 2, 2008

• #12

Thanks to your boyfriend. Good of him.
I am stuck at home.

 

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dragonflys4me

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• Jan 2, 2008

• #13

Avy on Baker

Thanks. Many members from Whatcom Snowmobile Association went up last night. My boyfriend and another good friend stayed with the family last night to be there this morning to help. My friend lives to where she can see others sledders going up to help. She just saw three more trucks go up.

 

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_AJ_

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• Jan 2, 2008

• #14

I'm very sorry to hear about your friends.

I know the many of the Glacier Cruisers from Skagit County were scrambling last night and this morning to get up and do what they could to help. I made many calls myself.

MOUNT BAKER, Wash. -- One person was killed and another remains missing after five snowmobilers were swept down a slope Tuesday in an avalanche north of Mount Baker in Whatcom County.

Deputy George Ratayczak said the five snowmobilers were in the Excelsior Pass area north of the mountain Tuesday afternoon when they were caught in an avalanche about 1 p.m. and swept several hundred feet downhill.

About an hour after the slide, search and rescue crews located the body of a woman who was wearing an an avalanche beacon. One person who was buried in the snow suffered a minor leg injury, and two others were uninjured.

About 20 volunteers resumed their search Wednesday morning for the fifth snowmobiler.

Ratayczak said the snowmobilers were on a slope at about the 5,300-foot level in five to six feet of snow when the avalanche occurred.

The names of those involved have not been released.

 

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HM8

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• Jan 2, 2008

• #15

Sad to here the news. Our thoughts and prayers to the families involved.

 

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Pumpkinpatch

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• Jan 2, 2008

• #16

Very Sad

I am really sad to hear what we all fear happened. All our hearts are with them.

P.P.

 

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Beeinthetree

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• Jan 2, 2008

• #17

Very Humbling way to end New Years Day

My Brother and I were headed to the truck to load up when we ran into the guy who's wife was a victim of the avy. It was about 3:00. We rode back up with him to help and dug for atleast 3 hours. It was incredible the amount of snow that came down and the amount of people who came to help. My thoughts and prayers are with both families that are dealing with this tradgedy.

 

eddy

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• Jan 2, 2008

• #18

Sad News

Our condolences to the families involved. We have ridden the area with them and never want to hear this. Thanks to the volunteers who helped out.

 

sled.man

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• Jan 2, 2008

• #19

MY CONDOLONSCES TO THE FAMILY AND FREINDS.THIS IS A HARD TIME FOR ALL. THANK YOU TO WHATCOM SEARCHAND RESCUE AND THE OTHER SLEDDERS IN THE AREA

UPDATED DETAILS BELOW



02:49 PM PST on Wednesday, January 2, 2008

KING5.com Staff

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About 50 volunteers searched the area Wednesday for the missing snowmobiler. His body was found just after noon.

SkyKING: Search for snowmobiler
NEAR MOUNT BAKER, Wash. – Searchers found the body of a missing man Wednesday afternoon – one of two people killed in a New Year's Day avalanche which overcame a group of people out on a snowmobiling trip.

The avalanche happened around 1 p.m. Tuesday near Excelsior pass by Church Mountain, a few miles northwest of Mount Baker. The avalanche was triggered at about the 5,300 foot level and swept the five snowmobilers several hundred feet down the slope.

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The Whatcom County Sheriff's office says the victims are a 63-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman. The woman was found dead about an hour after the snow slide.

The man was found just after noon Wednesday. Officials say he is a long-standing member of Whatcom County Search and Rescue. He was considered to be familiar with the area and had the necessary survival skills. Officials say he recently obtained an avalanche beacon, but it was unclear if he had been wearing it.

The man's son was believed to be with the group at the time of the avalanche.

One of the victims suffered a leg injury and was buried in the snow, but was able to get free.

About 50 searchers trekked more than 10 miles into the backcountry, using snowmobiles and dogs.

The identities of the victims have not been released.
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H20SKE

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• Jan 2, 2008

• #20

Worst Nightmare

Our families condolences to all of those involved and the families and freinds affected.

Thanks to ALL those who helped!!

Hate to see this happen ever.


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