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04-05-2016, 12:29 PM #1
25 year old snowmobiler is killed in AK
https://www.adn.com/article/20160404...nterior-alaska
I'm posting this here just because the nature of this accident is interesting to me. The girl was parked at the base of the slope when another rider rode up the slope releasing the slide.
Bad luck or bad scene safety observing? I wouldn't think it's best to park at the bottom of an avalanche slope when someone else was high marking.
It would suck to be the guy that lived too. Imagine trying to deal with that heavy burden. I'm surprised we haven't seen more accidents like this one with the ever increasing popularity of back country snow sports.dirtbag, not a dentist
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04-05-2016, 12:56 PM #2Registered User
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doesnt sound all that unusual at the big iron shootout in Revelstoke there were 50 involved 30 injured and 2 fatalities
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04-05-2016, 01:13 PM #3
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04-05-2016, 02:52 PM #4Registered User
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEziPDQ0xuk
I duno?google is yer friend ^^ here is another big iron shoot out but without avalanche ... what do you think?Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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04-05-2016, 02:56 PM #5
Sounds like standard practice...Braaap Braaaap.
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04-05-2016, 03:46 PM #6Registered User
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exactly with perhaps a little more exclamation pleez ... braaap! braaap!
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04-06-2016, 07:36 AM #7
This event bothers me.
They think I do not know a buttload of crap about the Gospel, but I do.
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04-06-2016, 06:49 PM #8
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04-07-2016, 08:34 AM #9Registered User
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So many sledders getting taken out by avalanches his year. Might be time for the motorheads to look in the mirror.
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04-07-2016, 12:14 PM #10
From what I've seen, snowmobilers are getting better at avalanche awareness but they tend to focus too much on equipment and rescues rather than travel protocols. Safe zone>safe zone travel and alpha angles not really practiced much.
If you go snowmobiling with experiences BC skiers, you'll see them apply the skiing protocols in a totally different way than most 'bilers.
There are lots of backcounty savy snowmobilers where I live but generally it's a beer drinking go for it culture that is slow to change.
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04-07-2016, 12:37 PM #11
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04-07-2016, 03:17 PM #12Registered User
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04-07-2016, 08:27 PM #13
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04-07-2016, 10:22 PM #14
Sad story.
People frantically pulling cord & trying to start machines to get out of the way is a recurring theme in a lot of the videos."The two best times to fish is when it's rainin' and when it ain't." - Rancid Crabtree
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04-08-2016, 01:35 PM #15
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04-08-2016, 02:01 PM #16
This. It's improving, but it's not there yet. I'd say over 50% of sledders that I see now have avy gear (so at least some awareness), though I'd suspect the percentage with formal avalanche education is much lower than that. I agree that the awareness level for sledders tend to focus on gear and rescue, not on avoidance, which I find worrisome.
To be fair, I've heard this countless times from backcountry skiers and snowboarders too.
Not necessarily any quicker than pull starting. Parking in safe zones is probably a better tactic.
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04-08-2016, 02:03 PM #17
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