Avalanche and one lucky rider

[POWDR]

Just curious, did you submit your pics and obsevations of the incident to the UAC?

 

[snengineer]

That same hill slide in December down to the dirt. She isn't a stable slope. And like you said it's pretty gnarly with rocks and stumps especially if there isn't any snow left on it. I wouldn't have wanted to come straight down either. But then again going across that slab is asking for some hang fire to break loose and then you're really not choosing which way you go down. There's a gully to the lookers left that still would've been rocky but probably doable. I would've put my spare belt around a ski for a brake and gone for that gully. This all being said from the comfort of my home and not just setting off a slide, so either way I'm glad no one got hurt and I hope everyone plays safe.

Couldn't of said it better myself.

The guys needed someone to tell them the gully on the left was probably "most doable". That hangfire situation looks insanely crazy, if that happened to let loose all three would of been busted up real bad in those trees and rocks below, lucky that didn't happen!

anyone have a slope angle on this?

 

[savagerunner07]

I really have no idea what this guy was thinking by trying to climb the chutes and then enter it from the top. I dont think this guy has any avy education or if he does, he needs to refresh it. Just by looking at the stuff he was climbing, I knew it was all very unstable. I am glad it wasnt a recovery and i just hope this dude learned his lesson. I too want to learn from this. I hope Gordon or someone from the avy center can chime in on this.

 

[SledGimp]

I agree the gully to the left of the pic would have been the safest way down, however when he pulled his sled over to stop it he was facing the other direction. The other problem they had was no radios to communicate with people below.

This was a mess and could have been avoided, the guy was nuts for trying to come down that.

 

[snowmobiler]

might suck to ride down it and find snow boulders big as vw's at the bottom

 

[1MEX]

glad for the good outcome....

 

[slyrydr]

i rode by that hill the day before it slid, the chutes just to the south had slid, and there was several partials in the immediate area, i mentioned to my riding bud that this hill slides frequently and completely to the dirt...particularly bad mtn.....i then rode by it 3 days later, and saw the climb tracks and retrieval tracks, and was thinking how lucky someone had been, or maybe not...definitely some poor choices on climbing it in the first place...glad everyone got out safe, but compared to a life, i might have let the sled fend for itself, but everyone makes their own choices, including those that helped him off the hill, cause it is a beotch...riding the sled down, either straight or to viewers left, i think would take an exceptionally skilled and lucky rider...the way they took out was about the only way the sled could have been saved, but the risk was very high, especially across that open, unslid portion...again, glad it all worked out..

 

[Atlas]

I was actually the guy pulling the sled into the deep snow from the front. We were down below eating when it slid and I felt he was Very lucky not to get caught in it. We actually watched for 15-20 minutes as he attempted to find a path down. He then motioned for help. I had my avalanche backpack and my beacon on and headed up to help. Initially we thought we could slowly anchor the sled down one of the shoots. As we climbed up, I realized that it was pure ice and steeper than I thought. For a large portion of the climb I had to use the branches of the trees to pull me up the hill due to the angle of the mountain. It was quite the climb. Once we pulled the sled over to the deeper snow, I noticed just a few feet above us was a large crack and it looked like it would slide. It was definitely a scary situation and wouldn't attempt it again. I'm glad we all ended up ok. The only thing I can do is learn from the situation.

 

[SledGimp]

I am just glad you guys made it off that hill.

 

[twsandrew]

Great to see a lot of constructive info being shared rather than what we used to commonly see on here. We all get in situations we would think better of after no matter how much we have learned. Its good that there has been some info on here that people could actually learn from rather than the bashing that used to always occur. I hope a few people who are not familiar with that hill may have learned how prone it is to going and going to the ground when it does. Sounds like they did the best they could at the time in a very sketchy situation. Glad everyone is safe.

 

[SledGimp]

Saw one yesterday up in soapstone on the top part of triple hill. not sure when it happened or if it was natural or not. Be careful out there peeps all the slides I have seen have been to the ground.

 

[Atlas]

Sadness. The guy that set off this avalanche and I helped him pull his sled across has perished in an avalanche over the weekend. Thoughts and prayers go to his family

 

[harrysmith500]

Wow wow wow wow

 

[skibreeze]

Very sad to hear.

 

[SledGimp]

So very sad, where did this happen?

 

[snengineer]

Yes I recognize him in that photo at the top, he is the one holding up the peace sign. So terrible that happened, The avy report is here http://utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanches/accident-12-mile-canyon
this happened last Friday, down near Salina. Be careful Be prepared and watch out best you can.




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[SledGimp]

This is such a sad sad thing, I remember talking with him after the slide up Lake Creek and he was a great guy. To think that he went out and got into this slide is terrible and was not a sign of good decision making. While I am very sad for the loss I am very irritated because of the action.

 

[harrysmith500]

Like, duh!!!

 

[bradb1us]

So he almost got nailed in this slide while riding by himself? Then broke off from his group and died without a beacon or ABS pack last weekend?


I honestly feel bad for the family, but this guy was pushing his luck.