Tuckerman Ravine 1/17/16

[tBatt]

First hand account of the slide at Tux a couple days ago. Written by an AIARE instructor who was running a class at the time.

Slide took out five people from two independent parties, none fully buried, none wearing beacons.

http://nealpinestart.com/2016/01/18/...chute-1172016/

[toast2266]

So one of the guys who was swept in the slide, who wasn't wearing a beacon, was a SAR member? That's... interesting.

[John_B]

Prefacing this with the major caveat that I've been there but that looks like a hell of a place to take a 7 person avalanche class.

[Mike10]

No avalanches on the east....

[steezybomber]

Nice 1 year thread bump.

good reminder to stay safe out there, esp with all the snow and upcoming rain in the NE.

[neufox47]

So one of the guys who was swept in the slide, who wasn't wearing a beacon, was a SAR member? That's... interesting.

Definitely part of the 4 man climbing squad. The climbers on MTW almost never wear beacons.

[toastybroski]

There was a slide the other day at smugglers notch that could have easily killed someone too.