Avalanche Fatality Berthoud Pass

[Foggy_Goggles]

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https://avalanche.state.co.us/report/95d4c6e1-6296-490d-be33-2e5cd59cfc64<br />
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RIP. So Sad.&nbsp; Naming is incorrect.&nbsp; The Fingers are lookers left of the slide.&nbsp; Locally, those lines are known from lookers right to left as Zero Chute, The Choke, The Chuckle, The Knuckle and Ball and Chain.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
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There looks to be a snowboard track above the crown top of zero chute.</p>

[The Nuclear Option]

I would know the names as here, or just “the cliffs”
https://www.berthoudpass.org/uploads...facremap-1.jpg

[blazes_boylan]

this area has a pretty bad history

[goldenboy]

Aging myself here, but I recently had some old VHS tapes digitized, including a bunch of lines in that zone. Watching them, I've often wondered how good or bad my decision making really was back then. I know I had a beacon and shovel, but I'm not sure if everyone else did. Ah, to be 20 again. It was spring in a fat year so maybe it was all good.

Anyway, that was a big slide that connected a lot of features. RIP to the skier/rider.

[powXer]

Very very sad. This was my friends' daughter's 3rd grade teacher. They have already gone through a tough year of loss. The mental load is stacking. +Vibes all day.

[Lurch]

I've had hanging meadow go wall to wall with me on it in more favorable avy conditions. Can't even imagine going into North Chute on a day like Saturday.

[rideit]

We didn’t know shit from shinola boarding there in ‘87, if there was snow, we hit it.

Can’t believe ai survived.

[beaterdit]

^^^Same with Loveland Pass for me and friends when I was new to the area in 1992. Thought it was the greatest thing ever and hadnt a care in the world about avalanches.

Learned pretty quick though, luckily without being involved in one. Seems like there were quite a few deaths in my time in Breck.

[The Nuclear Option]

Here is the report of the incident in this general area in 2011
https://avalanche.state.co.us/report...9-962d06348038

[gmorgg]

https://www.facebook.com/reel/660517579971587
Family wanted to share his last runs.

[SKIP IN7RO]

bro, wtf?

[Lurch]

Everybody grieves in their own way, but they could at least plug traveling safely in the back country instead of glorifying riding that terrain on a day with high avalanche danger.

[Danno]

That's nuts

[The Nuclear Option]

How about the last run video? That might actually deter some people.

I remember when they showed pictures of avalanche mangled bodies in Avy 1. It sure made you realize how serious it could get.

[pappag]

That video helps ... Helps make sure you have a fucking partner with you. Among other gigantic red flags.

[andy m]

CAIC final report:
https://avalanche.state.co.us/report...6-e77500f688c5