Monster avalanche trashes French chair lift

[davidof]

oooops!



avalanche demolishes the bottom pylon of the Lauzier chair lift at St Francois Longchamps yesterday in the French Alps. The evacuation of around 40 people took until 6pm. There have been a lot of these babies around the Alps with the current heatwave.

[Clownshoe]

That is so full of win for so many reasons!!

The nonchalant way the announcer describes it, only to be outdone by the nonchalant demeanout of the people skiing by and the relaxed nature of the PEOPLE ON THE LIFT!! The cherry on top is the French patroller with sunglasses and a beret. For those that don't speak French, the final classic statement: "the chair will be closed until next season"

This video is the best explanation of the difference between the Euro and North American perception and acceptance of avalanche risk in the mountains.

If i understand the translation, it was a natural slide, but every patroller dreams of setting of a slide that takes out a chair! I'm saving this vid so I can beat off to it later.

[Meathelmet]

0:04 : The guy with the white helmet & spandex = Could have sworn that I saw jaques cousteau behind him!!
Sooooo 1970s.

Horror shit though, looking how the lowest chair behaves when getting hit...imagine people being in that...uuh..

[Lone Star]

wow.

[davidof]

0:04 : The guy with the white helmet & spandex = Could have sworn that I saw jaques cousteau behind him!!
Sooooo 1970s.

Horror shit though, looking how the lowest chair behaves when getting hit...imagine people being in that...uuh..

Yes doesn't bare thinking about, if it had taken out a higher pylon you could imagine a lot of people being buried.

[sidewall]

lol @ everyone standing around like "Well would you look at that"

I want to be chef de pistes.

[Lamothe]

if you were on the chair. this video is even better then the first

[saxon]

I cannot get over how slowly that slide was moving.

[neck beard]

French avalanches are le tired. They like to take a nap first, then destroy the lift tower.

[belgian]

imagine having double ejected and your skis are lying 30 yards upslope and you start seeing this massive slow moving wall of death coming towards you. What do you do?

It would be like getting run over by a steam roller ala Fish Called Wanda.

[skimaxpower]

Did this really happen with NO injuries? Amazing.

[dos bolsas]

I wonder if they dug a pit?

[neck beard]

That wet avalanche used the Ski School entrance.

[gnarshrelpt]

'hey everyone, look at that avalanche slowly lurking towards us! take a picture'

[dos bolsas]

I've read the French have a "level of risk tolerance" that is Lindahlesque.

[rip]

French avalanches are le tired. They like to take a nap first, then destroy the lift tower.

YES......

[Huckin eh?]

This video is the best explanation of the difference between the Euro and North American perception and acceptance of avalanche risk in the mountains.

I think the French have a definitive nonchalance of their own that separates them from "euro" and "North American"

[userA]

when you have a world war stomp through your countryside a little snow slide off a peak is small fries.
bobby

[9922]

WOW! That's amazing. Looks pretty spooky, too.

[Ski to Be]

when you have a world war stomp through your countryside a little snow slide off a peak is small fries.
bobby

True except I don't think too many WW2 survivors are still on the slopes.

[Ski to Be]

I would be petrified to be on that lift while that thing was coming down. I don't think the people filming from the chair how much danger they were potentially in.

[Jim S]

I thought that was some monster Euro jizz bukake and this was the Padded Room tribute to Ullr thread.
Oh well.

[Crampedon]

That wet avalanche used the Ski School entrance.

PAGING LUFFSKIER! Come and bring it!

[Core Shot]