Who's to Blame for Revy Avlanche?

[Sleds R Fun]

Just curious: Do you think anyone is to blame for the Revy tragedy? ie: lawsuits.


I feel no one is to blame as they do so @ their own risk. Whats your thoughts?

 

[jakey-boy]

Man I hope we don't see any sort of lawsuits or anything out of this. It's hard enough to keep our riding areas open when were all one the same team. The last thing we need is a bunch of lawsuits tearing the sledding community into pieces. This was a very unfortunate accident but it was still just that an accident. Nobody is at fault, we all know the risks every time we go into the back country whether we admit it or not. The reckless nature and lack of regulation is a big part of the rush and allure of events like Big Iron, but I would imagine there may be some big changes in how those events are run in following years.

 

[RideRevy]

I don't think anyone is to blame, they were all there on their own free will. Just my opinion. RIP to those lost.

 

[Transporter]

Mother Nature.

 

[skibreeze]

All the people involved were there at their own risk. It really sucks to see people hurt, especially the kids, but all the adults knew or should have known the risks and acted accordingly. Highmarking when the avy danger was extreme was their own responsibility whether there was a special event or not. Once again I really feel for those killed and injured, but placing blame for litigation is just wrong.

 

[grizzly7]

I agree, leave the lawyers out of this it will only seperate our fraternity among fellow snowmobilers. We all know the risk we take when avy dangers are high, the key will be to learn from this and promo more avy awareness and more training for riders experienced and new to the game. May all the people involved have better days and RIP to the ones who past we will remember you in our rides!!!

 

[sledskiing]

One rider on the hill at a time.

Edit. Organizers are not to blame from what i read on S & M

 

[Comp 670]

If they would have cancelled it people would have still been there and it prob still would have happend. They would not cancel it weeks in advance,they would have canceled it thur or fri and most people would have allready been in town for it so they still would have gone up that day,event or not.

I sure hope there is no lawsuits brought forth by this.

 

[jimh]

There is no cancelling an event like this. Lots of people take time off work, etc. Everyone knows the weekend, etc. If someone tried to cancel it and I drove up, I would ride anyway, I would be careful, but I wouldn't just sit in the motel... (doesn't mean I would hit the hills however).

 

[summit-x]

no ones to blame. all at own risk and the avy center even gave out warnings for the avy risk, so no ones to blame, just mother nature in my opnion

 

[OT Bar & Grill]

Organizers for not having the balls to cancel the event.....The organizers didn't even have the guts to hire a crew to do avy control on the slopes to at least minimize the possibily of an avy to occure.

Do you think Mike Wieglie Heli Ski Operations doesn't bomb the slopes around revy every morning to minimize the risk ?

There is just no excuse for there actions.

OT

 

[snowmanx]

One rider on the hill at a time.

Edit. Organizers are not to blame from what i read on S & M

100% agreed. No excuse for it. People make mistakes and bad judgements all the time, that does not excuse them from responsibility.

I totally oppose lawsuits, people getting charged and the likes for poor judgements, with no intent of hurting anyone, but they are still responsible none the less.

They'll have to live with themselves and cope with how drastic and tragic that their decision changed the lives of many. IMO opinion, that is punishment enough.

God bless ALL involved.

 

[summit-x]

do the organizers need to baby sitt everybody????

 

[boosted]

Organizers for not having the balls to cancel the event.....The organizers didn't even have the guts to hire a crew to do avy control on the slopes to at least minimize the possibily of an avy to occure.

Do you think Mike Wieglie Heli Ski Operations doesn't bomb the slopes around revy every morning to minimize the risk ?

There is just no excuse for there actions.

OT

Blow me idiot,its a unsanctined event, ride at your own risk like it says at the bottom of the mountian.. *******s like u are why we cant do anything without the chance of being sued. jason

 

[akstormin]

Organizers for not having the balls to cancel the event.....The organizers didn't even have the guts to hire a crew to do avy control on the slopes to at least minimize the possibily of an avy to occure.

Do you think Mike Wieglie Heli Ski Operations doesn't bomb the slopes around revy every morning to minimize the risk ?

There is just no excuse for there actions.

OT

Probably should've canceled the event, agreed. However as soon as you take action to mitigate or minimize risk...ie bomb the slopes for avy control you open yourself up to huge lawsuits. Now you have created the illusion that it is safe to be there and then if something happens you have a big problem if someone decides to sue...at least in the US. So either you do nothing and everyone is there at their own risk and backcountry rules apply. Or you go whole hog, bomb the slopes, rope it off, have lawyers on staff to ensure every possible risk is in the waiver, have same lawyers to defend against the lawsuit that WILL happen even with waivers, have insurance to cover potential lawsuits, charge a lot for admission to cover your huge costs, now the event has to make money or it can't continue etc.. Could this event have been run better, most probably yes and I'm sure events like it will learn from this example. But just throwing stuff out there like 'they should've bombed the slopes' isn't realistic or practical.

 

[Sleds R Fun]

To mister OT

OT Have you ever had a speeding ticket? If so you obviously don't follow regulations!

 

[triple Black]

No one was at fault for this!! Everyone was at there own risk, had avy equipment and knew how to use it! Boulder had only 450 sleds on the mountain. Thats a normal number for a busy weekend in Revy. It should not even be called an event, its just a gathering of serious enthusiasts doing what many of them do on this same mountain all winter long...

 

[AKSNOWRIDER]

from what I was told, this "event" was nothing more then a gathering of peeps after the BIS show of the day(in another area), the highmark event was planned for sunday... So how could anyone be held responsible for a free for all?

 

[Xrider]

If someone said "it's cancelled", do you think there would have been no one on turbo hill? It's not "blame" it's "responsibility" and everyone there was responsible for themselves period.

 

[mmsports]

It was canceled

Did you not get the memo.

OT you are never invited to ride with me. Because that's all the big Iron is an invitation to come watch and ride. It was a tragedy what happened but to blame someone blame evolution you monkey.