Wasatch 23/24 Stoke Thread: Red Snake Coverage coming at you live from tgapp's fartba

[mc_roon]

Yup, it was one of the red lines I added that I saw just before the tram moved me out of view, not certain as to which one. The guy was really moving and there was a good amount of sluff over the cliffband

[Dantheman]

Damn. I wonder if he thought he was on the looker's right line but was actually on the looker's left.

[NBABUCKS1]

sheesh. Vibes to davlski and the snowbasin skier.

also I think the snow is not as thick as that pic is that zzz posted but I haven't been up in a few weeks.

[zion zig zag]

sheesh. Vibes to davlski and the snowbasin skier.

also I think the snow is not as thick as that pic is that zzz posted but I haven't been up in a few weeks.

Yeah, that's a 20 year old photo, I don't think it's that fat right now.

I haven't skied that line in 15 years but I remember it rolled over enough that it was hard to see your line from anywhere on that upper snow field.

[UTaho']

Pretty sure the accident yesterday at Snowbasin happened lookers right of the main finger chutes maybe called Broken Thumb, not on the hanging snowfields below the towers on Mt. Ogden.
Vibes to the family & friends

[Dshack89]

Thanks ASP, 1st time at 100% this season! Hope you got some nice turns there @goodabouthood!

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[EWG]

Super sorry daviski. Heal up well.

[zion zig zag]

Pretty sure the accident yesterday at Snowbasin happened lookers right of the main finger chutes maybe called Broken Thumb, not on the hanging snowfields below the towers on Mt. Ogden.
Vibes to the family & friends

That’s what I’m hearing now too. Texas tumbler/Doaks chute. Looks good from above, ends in a massive cliff.

[alias_rice]

Tough to read Daviski. Wishing you the best on a speedy recovery.

[Buster Highmen]

well..after a great beginning of this trip with my sons, plan was Solitude,Brighton, Snowbird, then I was going to scoot to points further afield but it came to an abrupt halt Tuesday morning...could have been karma for my snarky remark pages ago, but that would be pretty brutal Karma.
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Saturday we made some great early runs off great western and mid morning went out the side gate to the hidden valley{?} area. I dropped into like the third chute, boys went on to the next. Midway as the chute narrowed I stopped, and rather than straight lining started jump turning down, missed one fell forward and was flipping and tomahawking immediately..... a long ragdoll 100-150 yds seemingly forever, all witnessed by my sons .... pin bindings did not release, knew half way my legs were broken. Came to a rest seated with my back facing uphill which was a good thing. My feet felt like they were swimming independently in warm water.

Sons were there to keep me from doing anything to make me slide off my perch.

we called patrol and while waiting someone who'd previously patrolled stayed with us and gave them better location information, whoever that was thanks for your knowledge and help!!!!

Now Brighton Ski Patrol----- Thank you, thank you, thank you it wasnt' an easy place to pull someone out with a tib/fib fracture in both legs. don't have previous experience but I was shivery and shocky and they made it as easy as possible. Will, Max, wish I remember all the many people involved, Thank you

Intermountain Medical and staff has also been amazing, super competent and really kind. Im flying home tomorrow, it will be hellacious but surgery can't happen till swelling goes down... meantime I have my cool hardware.... this is going to suck

Honeycomb was a blast
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Condolences and best wishes for a strong recovery

[brutah]

Damn Daviski! That's a bad break, i hope travel home goes well and your upcoming surgery and recovery is quick! For what its worth, I thought the ikon trolling was funny and good fun.

[schindlerpiste]

+++++VIBES+++++ sent your way. Heal up. Enjoy the hassle free drugs

[beaterdit]

Not surprising but unfortunately sounds like that Snowbasin skier didn't make it. RIP, and peace to the patrollers, medics, and everyone else who helped. Must have been grim.

Daviski, Dude! Don't know you but X1000, sorry about your wreck, that's brutal. Hope your journey home goes as well as it can.

[beaterdit]

Snowbasin peeps, usually KSL will just use a generic ski cliff pic but this looks like a crater and possibly a ski, like it might be an actual pic from the scene? What do you guys think, look familiar at all? Pretty crazy that people don't notice while they're riding up that the lines don't go.

[bobz]

Oh man, really sorry Daviski; both legs ugh. Hoping for the best for healing, but damn, it's going to suck for a few months.


I toured up out of North Fork Park to the saddle just east of Ben Lomond today. Mostly nice snow, and with some soft crust here and there.