Yesterday was basically rain here in Tahoma. Definitely created an upside down snow pack. Something that is gonna be repeated with even more weight on saturday
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Yesterday was basically rain here in Tahoma. Definitely created an upside down snow pack. Something that is gonna be repeated with even more weight on saturday
Hoping for the best at KT! Scary.
Holy shit, I hope everyone is OK
Alpine patrol would be sending patrollers and dogs to help OV in a large slide/search scenario which would leave them with reduced coverage on their side, necessitating reduced lift/open area operations
Winds at the top of AM low 90's, highest gust so far 127.
That'll do it too
Got sent this...
https://www.instagram.com/p/C17e1uUPKil/?hl=en
Ughhhhhhh
Both sides fully closed for the day now. Fuck, this does not bode well.
Edit: FB post not mine - don't know them (just know someone that was tagged so it showed up in my feed). Post was since been taken down. I don't know if there are other burials.
Edit 2: deleting FB screenshot - likely inaccurate
He took it down off FB (or changed it's audience). Presumably in response to one of the many offers he got from media companies.
Yikes, that’s scary. You clearly were very lucky. Go buy a lotto ticket.Quote:
Originally Posted by GKWood
Hope everyone is ok but doesn’t sound good.
Wow. Glad everyone is ok.
Not everyone came out clean. Sounds like active CPR was being performed and at least a broken leg for some involved. I'll try to get the X clip.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackstraw
From X.Attachment 482398
Hope they did in fact pull everyone out. Looks like weather has come in.
Feels like they were rushing to open. Hype and hubris.
I mean *KT22 opening tomorrow* gets splashed around.
Why not just open when it's ready, like most any other lift at most any other resort?
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why does it feel like they were rushing?
Ah shit. I jumped the gun with the screenshot posted saying all 3 were rescued.Quote:
Originally Posted by supermodel159
search is over with one fatality and one injury
Attachment 482414
Edited for bad info
RIP to the skier who didn't make it :(
damn that is fucked up. I can't recall any fatalities from various inbounds slides over the years but memory is hazy.
RIP fallen felllow snow slider..
Horrible. RIP
^Taos had inbounds fatalities recently.
Guy died at Alpine off Scott chair in a slide a few years back.Quote:
Originally Posted by MashedPotatoes
https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/ne...lide-fatality/Quote:
Originally Posted by MashedPotatoes
That one comes to mind.
Sucky morning. [emoji3525]
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If you're talking about the guy we saw getting dug out in the deleted FB post they called him Jason.Quote:
Originally Posted by AZskibum
You are right, I'm an idiot and read it as Jones while distracted. Apologies all.Quote:
Originally Posted by powdork
Jeremy Jones is not the person in blue and was not buried/carried. I saw him at the base right when they were closing KT; I think he had just come down as well.
Very sad to hear that there might have been a fatality. That could have easily been me; I dropped in GS bowl ~10 min before the avalanche occurred. Fuck. RIP and my sincere condolences to family/friends.
so it wasn't the first group of skiers to get off the chair as has been reported? first came from the instagram skier666 linked and it looks like TGR has pulled from that
https://www.tetongravity.com/story/s...alisades-tahoe
Hell. The Donner Ski Ranch incident in 2012 too. So tragic.Quote:
Originally Posted by LightRanger
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No it wasn't. I got on the lift around 9:05 and saw people ski down GS Bowl. Then proceeded to do the same myself. I did notice that they put a cat and fence right next to the patrol shack so you couldn't drop from right under the chairlift. On my way up for the second run, I saw the aftermath of the avalanche. At first I thought it was just a bunch of jerries digging themselves out after eating shit in the cream cheese snow. I only realized it was an avvy when I saw the crown right before unloading. It all happened fast, but I could swear I saw some tracks coming down the chute that was blocked off on my first run. So maybe they opened that (or someone ducked the rope?) and that's where it started. Based on the strong SW winds, my guess is a wind slab that might have stepped down to the PWL. Didn't look like it slid to the ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by powdork
Aw shit. Terrible news.
Glad you're ok GKWood.
Glad you're alright. I would have been there this AM if school hadn't been canceled. I decided to work until ski team would have started. Interesting area for a slide. Not the first spot I would have picked, but it was probably loaded in there pretty good with a rotten layer. I'd like to see it.Quote:
Originally Posted by GKWood
RIP to the fallen skier. I wonder if more people will start to wear beacons inbounds. I have in the past and probably will in the future.
The start of this year has sucked in too many ways.
RIP powder hound
Vibes to loved ones
It could have been any of us.
C'mon, Rose did the same thing for both NW & Zephyr this season and whenever The Chutes pop, you can bet they'll hype it and let everybody know the night before.Quote:
Originally Posted by TurxSki
Definitely very sad for that skier and their family. I’ve been first 10 chairs on many a KT powder day, could certainly have been me on any given ski day.
3-4 feet of snow on the way. I’ll be interested how they handle terrain openings now for the Holiday weekend
Might be rough season for Avie danger in Tahoe, icy layer with some rot that’s been sitting for a while (too long) though warming cycles and now we’re going to start piling heavy snow on top. Reminds me of home (Colorado).
I’ll be skiing with my pack, beacon, probe, and shovel for a while inbounds
Did you just? ReallyQuote:
Originally Posted by heckacali
That is not a good thing to read
It’s too early to draw any conclusions. But yeah, I don’t blame them for hyping KT22 opening. I also could see why they would want to get some skier compaction before the additional snow loading today/this weekend.
It was basically a backcountry snowpack until now and we know that snowpack had some PWL issues. I’m sure they bombed the shit out of it but turns out the public found just the right trigger spot (possibly combined with additional wind loading from the strong winds this morning).
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Hoping that was a generic term and not a TGR handle.Quote:
Did you just? Really
That is not a good thing to read
My hazy memory says there was another inbounds slide & fatality on KT several years back. Bueller?
I saw this happen live. Was on the Treeline Cirque chair at the time and saw the slide take out a couple skiers right underneath the rocks/cliffs skiers left of Promised Land (the chutes between Scott Chute and Promised Land). If I remember, I think the person was strained through the trees below. I remember the conditions that day were spooky (at least for me) as it was about a foot (or more) of snow sitting on top of an ice rink.Quote:
Originally Posted by TahoeJ