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

[snowaddict91]

Holy hell Daviski! Sending vibes your way, hoping the flight home goes as smooth as it can. I had a friend badly break his leg at Alta recently and he had to fly to Denver for his insurance to cover surgery. Fucking brutal.

Wrapped up a week in the Wasatch with a few days at PowMow with family. My aunt and uncle had slopeside accommodations which was quite the treat for this dirtbag.

This lift might be cooler as a detach next year


Friends and family shredding cat laps


Beer delivery for patrol


A little midday Utah County traffic for good measure on the way out

[Dshack89]

@davisski Hope your recovery goes as smooth as possible, that really sucks.

I had a friend badly break his leg at Alta recently and he had to fly to Denver for his insurance to cover surgery. Fucking brutal.

Small world, pretty sure I had your friends truck parked at my house for a couple weeks while he got it all sorted out.

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[baron]

Vibes to Daviski and the other casualties this last weekend

Hope everything heals up 100%

[mst1228]

Best wishes Daviski! Hope all goes as well as possible! I went out last season mid January, nothing sucks as much as not being able to ski [emoji24]

[ski_the_fraulein]

Damn, Daviski, makes my experience from a couple weeks ago seem pedestrian. Best wishes for a speedy, comfortable recovery.

Tough week for Mags near and far, as well as non-mags. Vibes to all impacted.


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[Buster Highmen]

I'll be ratting around Snowbird today.

[NBABUCKS1]

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.

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and from below

[zion zig zag]

and from below

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Damn, shitty....RIP
Another old photo, Texas Tumbler in red, looks like Monday's skier took the green line.

[turnfarmer]

Vibes daviski.
As Cody Townsend and others have said pin bindings are efn dangerous

[baron]

I'll be ratting around Snowbird today.

welcome to town !

hope snow stayed soft for ya, was so freaking fun on sunday

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Vibes daviski.
As Cody Townsend and others have said pin bindings are efn dangerous

While I agree in general, a Tecton/Vipec releases reliably like an alpine binding. I’ve seen people skiing hard inbounds on lightweight pin bindings with the toes locked, one fall away from life altering injuries


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[tgapp]

While I agree in general, a Tecton/Vipec releases reliably like an alpine binding. I’ve seen people skiing hard inbounds on lightweight pin bindings with the toes locked, one fall away from life altering injuries


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They're the exception. All other pin bindings do not offer lateral release initiated from the toe. That may or may not matter to you given your ability level, terrain you are skiing, etc. I don't know OP, I've never skied with him before, and I can't assess whether or not pin bindings were a good choice for him to be skiing solitude in.

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[snowaddict91]

Small world, pretty sure I had your friends truck parked at my house for a couple weeks while he got it all sorted out.

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Crazy, I almost came to pick it up but had something come up.

[muted reborn]

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.

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Well, the line he died on is skiable, although I'd argue it's not close to doable right now by a mere mortal. Odds are he was lost but there is a small small chance he could have purposefully tried to ski it. I'm guessing it was sunny and not cloudy that day? Maybe a cornice broke under him as he tried to see what chute he was above and threw him in the chute?

The terrain can be gnarly on that peak. It's out of bounds so ski patrol can't put cliff signs up which could prevent deaths. I'm glad they let you ski the terrain off that peak though but it's even more consequential feeling and scary from the top.

Davski, good luck getting home. Who knows if your bindings broke your legs but damn it's an easy guess they probably did. Sorry man. I hope it's a short flight.

[turnfarmer]

Vibes daviski.
As Cody Townsend and others have said pin bindings are efn dangerous

I hope that didn’t come off as judgmental, was being sympathetic as I have skied pin bindings in bounds before I knew how dangerous they can be. Trying to spread awareness