Wow, that would suck to have that thing come flying down the hill and mow you over...
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Buck ridge avalanche
The following are a series of shots from a slide I was in on Buck Ridge in Mt. I know a lot more now, but we made the cardinal mistake of exposing more than one rider to a steep slope. Another rider not part of our group did not see us in the trees and triggered the slide as he rode beside us. The first is a picture I took about 30 seconds before the slide hit us when my friend was stuck. Since then I have learned a lot more about avalanche safety. Doug Chabot explains it pretty well on mtavalanche.com
The following are a series of shots from a slide I was in on Buck Ridge in Mt. I know a lot more now, but we made the cardinal mistake of exposing more than one rider to a steep slope. Another rider not part of our group did not see us in the trees and triggered the slide as he rode beside us. The first is a picture I took about 30 seconds before the slide hit us when my friend was stuck. Since then I have learned a lot more about avalanche safety. Doug Chabot explains it pretty well on mtavalanche.com
WoW!!! You boys are lucky.
same slide path as a previous page, someone posted from a while back..
March 2008 main road out to Hawkins and Gallaher out at Salmon La Sac
March 2008 main road out to Hawkins and Gallaher out at Salmon La Sac
Great pics......like seeing the slab avy's, and the point releases (pics, or from a distance ONLY).
Thanks all for sharing those.I need to resize and get some up from this year too.
I ride alot of different stuff all over the country and I have been curious ( and it appears that you have moe attention from folks than I do) ski resorts post a universal icon to indicate degree of difficulty (or danger) for all their slopes ie; double diamond etc..have some of the forest districts (in order to decrease the danger exposure to rescue teams as well) considered or are they considering posting something in known trouble areas.... I know that the more these machines are capable the more we are going to push them (it's in our cro-magnon gene pool), I know we spend alot of funds to limit access could it be feasible...I know that actual costs would be minmal only fear could be that it would then attract (go figure) vs warn.........thinking out loud but could be kinda cool to roll into an unfamiliar area and have a small iconic sign indicating degreee of danger.....
Just a thought IMHO
Better yet, I always thought it would be nice if we could isolate some extreme hill climb areas that could be secured and blasted for Avy danger. Even if you had to charge some type of membership fee and issue stickers. Sounds crazy though.
even if they posted at trailhead a map with the danger areas.....
Video I took of a slow wet slide at Turnagain, AK last week. By the time we heard it, it was already half way down the face, so it wasn't all that slow. Video is better if you try the "watch in hi def" option youtube has now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thjjAnvh2rI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thjjAnvh2rI
There is a tour group in Fernie that has a private area and blasts daily or whenever needed. I saw it on the Sled Sense TV show. I would love to go there some time. I guess there are lots of unknown areas around there. Guess I need to get friendly with a local. Wish I had my camera on Saturday with us. We went out near Castle Mountain and there was a slide the day before back there, was some pretty big chunks. About the size of a Geo Metro.. Heh.
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Those dudes are insane in that video!
In my video?
Here's 1 a buddy got caught in. Was burried in and out of the snow and finally popped on top when the slide stopped. this was in cabin creek by yellowstone
Here's 1 a buddy got caught in. Was burried in and out of the snow and finally popped on top when the slide stopped. this was in cabin creek by yellowstone
was he wearing a abs backpack?
It was Brett. Thought i watched him die. Pretty scarry!!!
No abs pack. He has 1 on order now though
No abs pack. He has 1 on order now though
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