Snowmobiler parked in the wrong place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MptEpid73Zg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MptEpid73Zg

Won't play embedded, lots of avi porn follows.

idiot

That is one way to get into the next day's avalanche bulletin.

Cooke City has some serious slide paths and a lot of new snow.

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Originally Posted by simple

Cooke City has some serious slide paths and a lot of new snow.

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And that has to do with the area of this slide how?

Oops though that was Cooke City in Gallatin

I just don't get the high-marking thing...

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Originally Posted by axebiker

I just don't get the high-marking thing...

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Um....it's fun as hell?

It's understandable that they thought they were far enough out to be safe. Good reminder that deep slides will run farther into the flats than you might expect.

Get that shot bro.

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Originally Posted by flowing alpy

cuz they can't ski.

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Some of the best skiers I know are also slednecks.

What I find interesting about this video is that the guy thought the airbag would save him. I wonder how many people with airbags don't really understand how they work in relation to moving snow. He probably thinks the airbag saved him even though he was likely in an area of shallow deposition.

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Originally Posted by zion zig zag

Um....it's fun as hell?

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This, and for most it's not something that can be explained or understood without experiencing it first hand.
FWIW. highmarking is a single aspect of slednecking, hooning or whatever name you want to put on it.
Riding sleds in powder is pretty damn fun, until you get stuck in a way that you can't roll out of easily, then it's a lot of work.

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Originally Posted by ACH

whatever name you want to put on it.

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squirtin' out rainbows.

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Originally Posted by AaronWright

What I find interesting about this video is that the guy thought the airbag would save him. I wonder how many people with airbags don't really understand how they work in relation to moving snow. He probably thinks the airbag saved him even though he was likely in an area of shallow deposition.

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So if you were in that slide, I assume your internal thought process would be: "After assessing the wall of snow moving towards me, that will almost certainly overtake me in approximately 1.3 seconds, I have concluded that I'll be in an area of shallow deposition, and given my extensive knowledge of the mechanics of airbag packs in moving snow, I'm going to decline to inflate my pack because my research into particulate sorting tells me that an inflated pack will be of minimal benefit. While naysayers will suggest that the airbag pack could also provide for some reduction in the potential for trauma, my assessment of my surroundings indicates that the possibility for trauma is minimal, so I'm going to save the $5 for an aircan refill and ride this one out."

What I'm guessing the guy in the video thought: "Oh fuck. [yanks on airbag cord]"

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Originally Posted by toast2266

So if you were in that slide, I assume your internal thought process would be: "After assessing the wall of snow moving towards me, that will almost certainly overtake me in approximately 1.3 seconds, I have concluded that I'll be in an area of shallow deposition, and given my extensive knowledge of the mechanics of airbag packs in moving snow, I'm going to decline to inflate my pack because my research into particulate sorting tells me that an inflated pack will be of minimal benefit. While naysayers will suggest that the airbag pack could also provide for some reduction in the potential for trauma, my assessment of my surroundings indicates that the possibility for trauma is minimal, so I'm going to save the $5 for an aircan refill and ride this one out."

What I'm guessing the guy in the video thought: "Oh fuck. [yanks on airbag cord]"

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No, I wouldn't have been sitting there in the runout while people highmarked above me. So I wouldn't have thought anything.

I bet that guy thinks his airbag "saved" him. It's the same as skiers and sledders heading into avalanche terrain and thinking that they're being "safe" because they have a beacon, shovel and probe.

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Originally Posted by AaronWright

No, I wouldn't have been sitting there in the runout while people highmarked above me.

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*ahem*

"squirted rainbows"

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