6meter crown

**mc_roon** · 03-28-2009, 12:09 AM

earlier this season i heard that one of the outer bowls in gulmarg slid BIG, and boltonoutlaw just posted a photo in one of his threads with a picture of the crown. jesus...

photo by D. Watson

**skiingsamurai** · 03-28-2009, 07:08 AM

I just pooped a little

**The Schralper** · 03-29-2009, 06:51 AM

holy sh*t, that's some crown!

**DropCliffsNotBombs** · 03-29-2009, 07:49 PM

Damn. That's some muthafukin' deep slab instability!

**Dam Skier** · 03-30-2009, 06:35 AM

Holy shit is right.

**jonesy** · 03-30-2009, 06:58 AM

I would not want to be standing right there.

**stevenc** · 03-30-2009, 07:54 PM

holy crap. was it explosive triggered?

**Core Shot** · 03-30-2009, 08:25 PM

hang fire!

ditto on not wanting to stand there. Fack.

**Huckin eh?** · 03-30-2009, 08:56 PM

Saint creme de la plot de la mere de chrissse!

Tabaaaaaaaarnaaaaaac

**the vor** · 04-04-2009, 10:04 PM

Wow, that is a monster. Man, scary big. Still in disbelief!!

**boltonoutlaw** · 04-05-2009, 04:16 AM

Originally Posted by stevenc

holy crap. was it explosive triggered?

Answer: NO.

When I saw that crown something slid, but it was in my pants.

And Agreed: I would be uncomfortable standing there as well

**khyber.pass** · 04-05-2009, 12:42 PM

Yowsa. How many avi deaths @ Gulmarg per season?

**Nathan Explosion** · 04-05-2009, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by boltonoutlaw

Answer: NO.

When I saw that crown something slid, but it was in my pants.

And Agreed: I would be uncomfortable standing there as well

Was it a natural? Either way, that's a monster.

**nick > jesus** · 04-05-2009, 07:02 PM

I think if you got caught in that you would have bigger problems than asphyxiation. I can only imagine how many tons of snow would be sitting on you if you were at the bottom of it.

**boltonoutlaw** · 04-05-2009, 09:55 PM

Originally Posted by khyber.pass

Yowsa. How many avi deaths @ Gulmarg per season?

No deaths this season or last, that I know of, at the resort involving foreign skiers. But, in general in Kashmir, many, many residents die as a result of avalanche, each winter.

There were several slide incidents at Gulmarg this past winter, but no complete burials, and all were rescued by their riding mates.

On 8 February 2007 one Australian man was buried and swept to his death in Sheenmal Bowl, directly south of the Gondola Bowl. It is the last known death by avalanche at Gulmarg (see blog post HERE).

The increased safety at Gulmarg is largely due to the Gulmarg Safety Team (many, many thanks) of Brian N., Jamie O., & Aviette M., - these folks here:

**Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer** · 04-06-2009, 07:33 PM

Wow - that is no joke. Would be interesting to see the resulting path and debris pile.

**boltonoutlaw** · 04-06-2009, 11:54 PM

Other TR's from Gulmarg, in case you missed:

TR: GULMARG '08/09 - THE GULMARG GONDOLA
TR: GULMARG '08/09 - TERRAIN, PT. ONE
TR: GULMARG '08/09 - TERRAIN, PT. TWO
TR: GULMARG '08/09 - SHARKS FIN
TR: GULMARG '08/09 - COMMUTING TO GULMARG
TR: GULMARG '08/09 - 23 MARCH: 1 GONDOLA, 1 DAY, 2 RIDERS
TR: GULMARG '08/09 - KASHMIR HUMOR
GULMARG '08/09 - 6meter crown

**carvedog** · 04-21-2009, 11:09 PM

Originally Posted by mc_roon

earlier this season i heard that one of the outer bowls in gulmarg slid BIG, and boltonoutlaw just posted a photo in one of his threads with a picture of the crown. jesus...

Sweet baby Jesus is right. That is just truly frightening. Like it is hard to look at that guy standing there.

I scrolled back to the top for a goodbye peak. it's like looking at a bad wreck.

**boltonoutlaw** · 04-23-2009, 09:56 AM

Originally Posted by Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer

Wow - that is no joke. Would be interesting to see the resulting path and debris pile.

Resulting deposition from six-meter crown. Photo: A. Revel

**mc_roon** · 04-23-2009, 04:30 PM

^^^haha, i just spent like an hour looking at those photos on facebook while i was in class.

but looking at the path/debris, i cant place where that drainage is? Is it over by the Drang bowls?

**boltonoutlaw** · 04-23-2009, 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by mc_roon

...but looking at the path/debris, i cant place where that drainage is? Is it over by the Drang bowls?

Other way mate. The drainage is far, far, far skiers' left - north toward the trees below Khilanmarg Bowl #4.

**mc_roon** · 04-24-2009, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by boltonoutlaw

Other way mate. The drainage is far, far, far skiers' left - north toward the trees below Khilanmarg Bowl #4.

waaayy below Khilanmarg Bowl. jesus, that gives that debris pile whole new meaning. I never skied that far down in that area, looks like some sweet tree shots!

**OverTurn** · 04-24-2009, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by jonesy

I would not want to be standing right there.

beat me too it. that is crazy shit. what causes a huge crown like that? is it just a massive amount of snow in a short amount of time? why wouldn't it have slid earlier?

**Shadam** · 05-12-2009, 02:42 AM

some random thoughts ...
how wide was this crown? it looks like a fairly tight drainage?
with a number of layers visable in the crown wall, why that layer? can the people in the know please educate me on the date of the layer and the bed layer statistics pretty please?
The top layer looks extermely wind scared, wot elevation?
Is there a bigger crown that has been studied?