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Seven Sisters slide path,All CB mags accounted for?
Heard back from adam, MSBC, goldenboy, Gone Skiing, SydVicious. They are all good. Not a lot of information out yet though.
Super sad news.
This may not have been the only slide/fatality in CO today. Be careful out there
Rumor mill says snowmobiler from out of town. Not much info though. vibes.
Where do you guys get these updates from CAIC? I'm not too social media connected/savy.
I saw it from Friends of CAIC on Facebook.Quote:
Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark
all im seeing on the caic site is two recent fatalities in UT.
nvm, there must have been others. bad news.
one of the comments on crested butte avalanche center facebook page has the victim name. https://www.facebook.com/cbavalanchecenter
2 snowmobilers caught, one killed on Kebler - @CAIC on twitter
CAIC FB PageQuote:
Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark
YO LUDDITE. FB OR JUST KEEP LIVING IN THE DARK.Quote:
Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark
Pretty shitty day in Colorado.Quote:
Originally Posted by miker27
Some prelim details:
http://www.cbavalanchecenter.org/page.cfm?pageid=34325
I will, the dark side. Thanks ;?)Quote:
Originally Posted by JONG SLAUGHTER
I heard rumors of a slide at keystone? But no reports anywhere?Quote:
Originally Posted by miker27
I was able to gather that SAR was out in the area yesterday and is going back out today. I imagine more details will surface after they've completed their work today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
I've heard similar ^^^
Keystone had somebody hit a tree and die, think on Sat.?
Slide closed the road to Abasin yesterday, so maybe that.
Keystone area one you spoke of...
http://www.9news.com/news/article/37...unty-avalanche
and this on keystone http://www.summitdaily.com/news/1015...ch-area-county
CAIC final accident report is now posted:
http://avalanche.state.co.us/caic/ac...=523&accfm=inv
Really highlights how a terrain trap can kill you. Burial depth was 12 to 14 feet.
"Rider 1 was buried too deeply to pinpoint with a 3 m probe ... Rider 1's snowmobile was deeply buried and not found."
That's fucking scary.
that must have been brutal, couldn't imagine the final moments of terror.Quote:
Originally Posted by totaliboard
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Glad this thread didn't turn into the usual mess like a skier trigger. Feel for this group after the CAIC report, as it appears they were trying to behave given the conditions.
Really, that's what you got from the CAIC report?
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Originally Posted by Danno
Ever rode there?
They weren't very from the trailhead or even the county road/trail. Could see a flatlander having a false sense of security where they were at.
Trying to "behave" on 35-40 degree slopes during high avalanche danger while playing around with 400 pound triggers?Quote:
Originally Posted by capulin overdrive
I appreciate that they may not have known what they were getting into, but I don't see how sidehilling steep slopes (did you look at the pictures?) is trying to "behave" given the conditions.Quote:
Originally Posted by capulin overdrive
The last photo, the 71CM on top of scary shit is fucking scary.Quote:
Originally Posted by AaronWright
Trigger mania, you might find one…..and you'd better lightly tap the rollover.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
Pictures were scary, written said they played around on low angle for awhile and then headed up the pass.
Trailhead is weird and/or deferent than most places as it's 6 to 9 miles from where they should have been riding, and is literally a 2 lane dirt road in summer. Davenpor drove a Bentley on it to get to Irwin Cat Skiing in the winter, so that's what's got me thinking false sense there. We're here next to this big busy trail, maybe we're ok.
Before the report, I figured it would end up being a high mark screwup up near Irwin lake.