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Damn. RIP
I don't want to say much until things are public, but people I know are among the deceased. I need a drink.
^^ I was wondering about that. Sorry to hear.
So sorry DTM.
Fuuuck. What a gut punch roller coaster for you DTM. No words can capture the heartbreak when something this tragic hits.
Condolences :(
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I’m in the same boat. Knew two of the deceased.Quote:
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Sorry to hear it guys.
vibes all
Dang. That’s a tough read. Chilling at the landing spot after a great run and shit goes bad.
Vibes. And love to those that knew those that passed.
Small community. Total bummer. Seems incredible that they were operating in current conditions.
Fuck man... were any of them maggots considering at least two of you knew them?
Sorry, Gunder.Quote:
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Fuck, guys. So sorry for both of your losses. ++++vibes.
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Sorry everyone. Such well loved people
I'm experiencing a lot of emotions right now and none of them are good.Quote:
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Well shit, just saw the names and realized I biked with one of the deceased last summer. Friends of friends. RIP.
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DTM, gunder, zzz, so damned sorry for your loss guys and condolences to the fam and hundreds of people these folks undoubtedly touched. . Shit.
I spent some (limited) time in the mountains with the bad-ass amazing wife of one of them and I'm devastated for her and her young son. Shit ain't fair. Never is.
Hazard rating day of slide: HIGH
Quote from forecast day of slide,”there is no reason to go near avalanche terrain.”
Sorry for friends of the deceased.
https://www.skimag.com/news/kootenay...ashley-keenan/
More info. It was Stellar and Jason was our guide on the latter two days of my trip. Had dinner together all three nights there. So devasted for all the awesome people in that operation.
So very sad. Spent most of the 90’s in Kaslo, working and playing in their terrain. Unforgiving country, and the valley of lost souls claims another of its own.
Condolences to all those connected to the deceased.
Man, thats rough DTM. I didnt know him but have friends he guided there and at SWS. Devastating.
Rough day for sure.
Really liked chasing Jason around. And he was always ready with a makeshift ice pack when I inevitably fucked myself up. Just brutal.
And varmin (Alex Pashley) was a neighbor and friend, especially w his wife, in Teton Valley. Anyone know if it was a North Face shoot?
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my g/f went to school with / grew up skiing with Alex, she got a text yesterday about it. RIP and condolences to friends here.
Condolences to all affected
I’m a neighbor of Alex and Erin. Such brutal news
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Fuck, so sad. We were just in the area heli skiing with CMH out of Nakusp. We finished on March 21st. Conditions were epic with 5-10 cm new snow eash day. We got more snow at Schwitzer on our way home, so not surprised avi conditions worsened. My head was certainly on a swivel and I was poking the snow looking for instability the whole time. Props to CMH for a safe trip and choosing reasonable terrain for the conditions. I do not know the Kootenay snow pack, but it sounds unusual to get this much snow this late in the season. So, not too surprising unusual avi conditions occurred. RIP for those lost and vibes for family, friends of the deceased and all involved in the operation and rescue and recovery.</p>
Holy shit, what a sad deal. Major vibes to all touched by this tragedy.
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Jeezus, this is horrible.
RIP
Per the Pow Mag article, slide was a D3 natural, persistent slab on a W/NW slope. Slope angle not mentioned, but alpha angle was likely more important here.
This amount of snow at this point in the season in conjunction with warming is very common here. Id say triple red light avi hazard conditions frequently occur in March and while these conditions were certainly very bad on the day, they certainly werent unprecedented on a season to season basis.. The size potential was perhaps higher than normal though due to multiple deep PWLs, recent snow and warning though. Ie a run out that hasn't been hit in 30 years may have been hit if everything lined up right
Yeah, that sounds like a distinct possibility.Quote:
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A season in Taos was similar for me. The avi that ripped past my house (and hit it) was in the "100 yr" slide path according to the old school locals. That season was a horrendous snowpack and it was an awakening experience.
Every year the snowpack transitions from Winter to Spring. Some years it happens in stages, while in years like this one it happens all at once. Combined with multiple PWLs, the hazard was obvious and anticipated, with full path class 4 avalanches reported the previous day, a public bulletin warning backcountry users to avoid all avalanche terrain and runouts, extended highway closures, and inbounds closures at resorts with skier compacted features naturally releasing to ground.Quote:
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The cold hard truth
Respect and condolences, Sir.
would not be the first time that a significant accident occurred when taking into account the alpha angle (if it was).
Sad news. I think it's probably fair to guess that all three victims have had close calls in the past, and personally knew folks killed by avalanches. They had a full appreciation for the dangers that day (unlike many of the folks i know who have been heli/cat skiing). You can only dodge so many bullets till the odds start catching up. From the preliminary information it sounds like a total freak accident where no one was on the slope that triggered, they were just staged in the historically safe runout zone and the slope above them got remotely triggered somehow and went historically big (cornice failure? rotor wash from the incoming heli? warming caused failure at exactly the wrong moment?). They did so many things right it would seem as they rode down safely... but just didnt build in enough margin for the low-liklihood, but high consequence avalanche problem that ultimately killed them.