Friends PRO took him a little too Hi!!

[ridgeclimber]

Caught in an avalanche

Sorry this happened. If you don't mind talking about it, I am just curious what the scenario was? Was he buried or at the top? Did the abs bag bring them to the top?

The visibility was very poor and no one in our group even seen the slid. He was buried about 4 to 6 ft down just up hill from were his sled was. Like it was discussed in another post. You have to be in the slide and moving down the hill with the slide for the bag to have a chance to bring you up to the top. I think our friend was hit down low on the hill and the slide came to a stop on top of him before he had a chance to be brought to the surface.

 

[oneal30]

Good Lord, the picture of the area that broke really freaks me out.... I know it's said every time, but that completely doesn't look like an area that would break???? Our group mistakenly thinks the trees provides some sort of shelter from an avalanche. I would've played on that hill without thinking twice.
If anyone has any thoughts on what type of protection the trees provides I would certainly like to hear it. Maybe the photo is deceiving; maybe it's more severe than the photo indicates (always is)
Sorry for your loss