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Thread: April 6th: LCC Road Incident
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04-06-2006, 06:49 PM #1
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April 6th: LCC Road Incident
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04-06-2006, 06:51 PM #2
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what kinda road incident?
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04-06-2006, 06:52 PM #3
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shit just heard on the news all they said was there was an avy with possibly 9 people involved 3 of them children...
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04-06-2006, 06:59 PM #4
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http://www.abc4.com/local_news/local...4-8FB18499070B
What the hell is going on today? +++ vibes..well...everywhere at this point
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04-06-2006, 07:20 PM #5
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ya they just said all minor injuries..
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04-06-2006, 07:26 PM #6
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Who's they, SpecialEd?
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04-06-2006, 07:36 PM #7
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Local News just reported an avi near the seven sisters. At least one car involved.
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04-06-2006, 07:37 PM #8
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Great, let's go ski the Y Couloir, I bet it will be friggin epic!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by powderwhore
Local News just reported an avi near the seven sisters. At least one car involved.
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04-06-2006, 07:41 PM #9
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Poor bastard won't even make it from the road to the creek.
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04-06-2006, 07:48 PM #10
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Originally Posted by Trackhead
5am start, meet me in the apron.
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04-06-2006, 07:53 PM #11
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Let's go at 9am, I wanna sleep in and wait for it to warm up a bit, wait for the sun to come out, that kinda thing. Originally Posted by powderwhore
5am start, meet me in the apron.
I'm going to bring the picnic basket for lunch half way up too.
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04-06-2006, 07:55 PM #12
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Funny like an avalanche. But what about the van? Any updates?
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04-06-2006, 07:58 PM #13
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Nine people in a van involved.
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04-06-2006, 07:58 PM #14
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St. Louis family of 7, with 2 hitchhikers in the car with 'em. Large SUV pushed off/nearly off the road in the Seven Sisters area. No serious injuries!
-according to KSL 5 news update.
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04-06-2006, 08:21 PM #15
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2 hitchers were from Alf's Restuarant
"... she'll never need a doctor; 'cause I check her out all day"
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04-07-2006, 04:19 PM #16
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That's some lucky shit. The UDOT guys won't forget this for a while. Sheer dumb luck no one is dead.
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04-07-2006, 08:49 PM #17
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Originally Posted by gramps
I suppose the responsibility for this event does fall to UDOT, and of course they won't forget this for a while. But dumb luck? Backcountry travel is backcountry travel, whether you're center punching the S. face of Superior or driving up LCC. The UDOT guys are always working, always watching, listening, driving, skiing, and stressing. They are under such pressure from the businesses and the public involved in the canyon, which is probably what contributed to them deciding to open the road for that short window yesterday, more than their belief that the road was safe.
UDOT doesn't get enough credit for keeping us safe. Both of those canyons are monsters!
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04-07-2006, 08:56 PM #18
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Yeah, this incident will keep the UDOT folks conservative for a long time.
Ohhhh, man I wish I could go back in time. I'd take state.
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04-07-2006, 09:04 PM #19
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Y'all do realize this isn't like a totally uncommon occurence? This stuff seems to happen at least once a year. I'm sure UDOT is quite used to it by now, shit happens.
BobMc
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04-07-2006, 09:20 PM #20
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the news dumbass....could you not deduct who "they" was from my post 2 seconds before that said...THE NEWS. I cant spoonfeed ya bitch. Originally Posted by alto
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04-07-2006, 09:47 PM #21
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gramps - losing some wisdom beyond his years Originally Posted by alto
alto - stealing it from gramps
very well worded Alto!!
what I would've typed as a UDOT employee and friend of all the different entities that had a say in yesterday's decision to open the road for a "small" window, is exactly as you did ... again, very well said Yound Jedi II
"... she'll never need a doctor; 'cause I check her out all day"
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04-07-2006, 09:52 PM #22
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I totally want to ski with SkiED. He seems like a genuinely nice guy.
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04-07-2006, 09:53 PM #23
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bobby hair do, Originally Posted by BobMc
as you said, this does happen at least once a year, but as you don't realize or maybe have forgotten - a life is a life - no matter if it is a mormon politician from Utah or a family from St. Louie - Liam, Paul, George, etc. DO NOT take this lightly at all - they lose sleep over these kind of decisions - some years more than others.
And, as far as UDOT being "used to it by now", not even fuggin' close!!! Despite the legal and political ramifications of it all (that I know for sure said crew doesn't give a shit about), a life or lives could've been lost and are at stake in multiple locations up/down lcc in situations like yesterday/last night/this morning ... and that I guaran-fucking-T you is all said crew gives a shit about."... she'll never need a doctor; 'cause I check her out all day"
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04-07-2006, 10:03 PM #24
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UDOT does a damn fine job with tough circumstances. there aren't many canyons like ours with that many active paths to control. they bombed the hell out of those shots not too long before they opened the road. there was a lot of chatter back and forth between liam and snow safety all day. the 8" of snow in 2 hrs kinda hurt the chances of getting everyone down before the paths got loaded again but once they realized things were getting bad they handled it as best they could. it's not an easy job but i suppose they could keep accidents to a minimum if they closed the roads every time it snowed and sent someone up to check all the paths. hey trackhead, how long is that half of the horseshoe traverse?
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04-07-2006, 11:56 PM #25
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Hey, not trying to shit on UDOT, they do an excellent job, and I have a lot of respect for the responsibility they have to deal with. However, when cars are getting flung off the road by natural avalanches, obviously it was a mistake to have the road open. To equate driving in LCC to backcountry travel is a huge stretch. They were most definitely under pressure to let people "get home", but taking one look out the GMD window into that raging blizzard made me wonder about their decision to open the road, even before the accident happened. With multiple inches of snow an hour and massive wind transport, how long can they assume a round of shelling will keep things safe? Not very long apparently.
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