People who sue ski areas should be shot.

[dan_pdx]

Is this a real thing? I mean, presumably the guy died of snow immersion on piste, but I've never heard of powder sink. Have definitely had to swim out of flattish spots a few times, maybe I was just lucky it was Cascades cement not blower pow.

[Thaleia]

^ Came here to ask this.

[jackstraw]

Well, there is GoPro footage of what happened, so seems easy to determine exactly what happened. Tree well seems like the most likely scenario.

[The Nuclear Option]

“Sink-in?” The lawyers just make up their own terminology or what.

“Your honor, everyone in the snow safety world knows the critical importance of sink-in mitigation.”

[pfluffenmeister]

I move Riser be denied access to the sink.

[old goat]

There was a guy some years ago at one of the Tahoe resorts, maybe Sugar Bowl, who took off his board and jumped off a cliff into deep snow and suffocated. By himself apparently and something he had liked to do in the past. A teenager at Olympic Valley jumped a cliff in the Fingers and was buried. Blue, not breathing, was resuscitated and kept skiing. A guy skiing or riding along and suddenly falling through into deep snow, I don't buy it.BTW I discovered a chair with no bars last weekend--25 at Mammoth.

[LongShortLong]

Powder mag giving us a low quality news report. So many inconsistencies I wonder if the date, snowboarder's name, and resort are correct. AI hallucination or it really happened?

Tahoe does occasionally get really deep dry snow. An east coaster inexperienced in deep powder could be overcome, maybe. Plenty of snowboarder locals struggle to escape their powder holes after falling or stopping. After blasting and avalanches, though, it is no longer deep, so that part makes no sense. Nor does stopping at the side of the run in the middle of the piste. But hey, the judge, jury, and lawyers know nothing of blower powder days anyway so what do the details matter?

[GoldMember]

Powder story is just a reprint of what was reported in multiple sources. SF Chronicle was first to report, I believe.
We had a guy, snowboarder, a couple of years ago who died in pretty bottomless snow. He tumbled and wound up with his head downhill and his board anchoring him in place, more or less upside down. He couldnt get his head in position to breathe. But that was a fall, not sinking in quicksand. Bizarre claim. The other thing that sounds crazy is the snow loosening with avalanche control. Thats not how it works to the best of my knowledge. In fact, its just the opposite. I would love to hear that testimony.

[Bunion 2020]

Thats not how it works to the best of my knowledge. In fact, its just the opposite. I would love to hear that testimony.

Me too and that IS not how it works. As in they never heard of Work Hardening.

[riser4]

I move Riser be denied access to the sink.

Ima just pee-rinse your dishes for you.

[stuckathuntermtn]

Wait, they waited 2 years to file the suit?
Deep snow immersion is a known risk, especially for snowboarders and impossible to mitigate. It's called a powder day.

[hutash]

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Wait, they waited 2 years to file the suit? Deep snow immersion is a known risk, especially for snowboarders and impossible to mitigate. It&#39;s called a powder day.

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The wife said he was a very experienced boarder and yet her main complaint was not enough warning signs. It sucks to suffocate under the snow, but &quot;we all pays our money, and we all takes our chances.&quot;</p>
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Every mountain should have the same sign that is on the J Hole tram dock...&quot;you may die.&quot;</p>

[Bunion 2020]

Wait, they waited 2 years to file the suit?

A common ploy, information and employees who could have helped with testimony have moved on, higher chance of a settlement.

[TBS]

There was a boarder at Mt Hood Meadows 10-15 years ago who launched off a jump (not in a terrain park) into a deep drift and suffocated. Sad situation but hard to hold a resort responsible.

As mentioned earlier, most of these lawsuits are brought by insurance companies trying to get someone ease to pay out their claim.