Alta Slide 12-23-13

Didn't see this posted yet so figured I'd throw it up so everyone can account for friends/family. Decent size slide ripped down the high T around noon today. I arrived prob 5 minutes after it went and began searching w about a dozen others. Everyone else who showed up jumped in then patrol arrived a few minutes later. From what I gathered there were 2 partial burials. Both guys were fine. Beacon search by peeps on the scene and patrol didn't get anything. One guy thought he saw someone get taken out pretty hard but couldn't confirm if he made it out or not.
I left once patrol started clearing people out. Here's hoping everyone's accounted for and they don't find anyone.

++vibes++

positive news indeed. glad everybody is OK.
Connie Marshall " confirmed the slide, around noon, had closed down the Collins Lift into Monday afternoon. She also said that Ski Patrol and rescue workers probing the slide area found no indication that anyone had been trapped by the slide.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/57...anche.html.csp

funny the UAC report said High danger E to North To W today. with one caveat if you want to ski steep lines head to one of our many ski resorts.

CAT

Sketch ballz. Glad it sounds like everyone is ok.

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Good pic in the below article. If you skied on the High T today you went right through the path. glad there was a happy ending to a twilight zone kinda day.
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=28128395&nid=148

Goddamn. My wife skied up on it as it was still moving, on her 5th lap across the High T.

I'm home and gimped with a tweaked knee and read that first post and freaked a bit, but she was already on her way down the canyon. Glad it turned out ok, and happy I didn't see it. Straight up creepy.

Yikes! Glad no one hurt or worse.

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At the last second before the slide, we changed our mind from a High T to a Fred's trees run. Pretty crazy to think I could have been right there when it gave out.

reminds me of the Bridger wet slab cycle in 2012.

the only thing sillyer than suggesting that avvies don't happen inbounds or that the resorts patrol and snow safety teams are 100% infalliable in an inexact process of snow science and stability
is pretending like it doesn't happen
and choosing not to report or investigate them