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12-29-2010, 09:08 PM #26
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12-29-2010, 09:12 PM #27
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12-29-2010, 09:57 PM #28
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12-29-2010, 10:23 PM #29
It might be 40-42 at the very top, then it mellows out a bit, into the low-mid 30s. It's not a very long run but I have seen people slide from the top to the bottom when washing out on the first turn. Brits on holiday are more psyched out by that thing than they are by toothbrushes but it's no big deal. Not much chance of hurting anything more than your pride, it's not like you can tomahawk into a pile of rocks or something. I can think of about 10 runs at Telluride that would fuck you up way worse.
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12-29-2010, 10:37 PM #30
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12-29-2010, 10:39 PM #31
Groomed blues, under 30, 3rd day of vacation. They hit trees. (I thought that was common knowledge.)
Edit:
Most fatalities occur in the same population that engages in high-risk behavior. Victims are predominantly male (85 percent) from their late teens to late 30s (70 percent), according to Dr. Shealy. Less than 10 percent of fatally injured skiers and snowboarders are under 10 or over 50 years of age, but more than 16 percent of all skiers and snowboarders are in these age groups. Most of those fatally injured are above-average skiers and snowboarders who are going at high rates of speed on the margins of intermediate trails.
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Collisions of all sorts account for 90% of all fatalities - trees are the most commonly struck object accounting for some 60% of all fatalities. Collisions with other persons account for about 10% of all fatalities.
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A young Philipsburg man and expert skier died Tuesday from injuries received when he hit a tree while skiing at the Discovery Ski Area near Anaconda.
Adie was skiing down Claim Jumper, a blue, or intermediate, run on the area's front side. The run has no trees but is lined by trees on either side.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/stat...05659e0d9.html
Just type "skier dies" into google news and see how many aren't tree related.Last edited by karpiel; 12-29-2010 at 10:52 PM.
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12-30-2010, 12:26 AM #32
That's interesting. I'm still curious if it's a function of sheer volume on the blues but admittedly I haven't read the whole article you posted (that's what work is for!). I figured per capita, or as a % of deaths to total traffic, it would be alpine touring. I think of people getting caught in slides or otherwise injured and too far to away get help.
The reason I asked is because when I was a little kid my mother's friend died on the slopes from a collision with another person. Definitely remember it vividly and I guess my perception has always been skewed after that.
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12-30-2010, 12:35 AM #33
Whatever Christmas chute isn't even the most dangerous run at Alyeska. Ragdoll and the knuckles are gnarlier.
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12-30-2010, 12:52 AM #34
S&S (JH) should be on that list.
Always charging it in honor of Flyin' Ryan Hawks.
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12-30-2010, 12:57 AM #35
Sol Vista and Hogan Bowl are not on the list... this list is useless!
Originally Posted by blurred
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12-30-2010, 01:41 AM #36
stay tuned to the daily beast for next weeks gripping review of the 5 most dangerous runs @ echo mountain, colorado
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12-30-2010, 02:45 AM #37Registered User
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42 degrees is 78 gradians, i.e., 78% of 90 degrees, which is equal to 100 gradians.
But nobody uses gradians. 78% refers to the slope (rise over run), not the angle. To get the slope, you need to take an arctangent. The arctangent of 78% is about 0.66 degrees, or 38 degrees.
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12-30-2010, 03:10 AM #38
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12-30-2010, 03:46 AM #39SNOWMO 4 LIFE
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I would say "The Wall" at Holiday, Valley NY should be on that run. It is fucking funny..
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12-30-2010, 06:12 AM #40
^^^ two years ago I almost bounced my head off of a birch tree when I pre released doing gs turns on a blue. Probably would have been death or debilitating. I missed the tree by inches. I was an idiot and didn't turn my Dins up after the tech set them on 9. Just figured it was a powder day it shouldn't be a big deal, I will turn them up when I get home. After three to four tentative runs I gained confidence and opened em up. Now they stay on 12+. Definitely the most scared I have been on skis.
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12-30-2010, 08:13 AM #41
I love that Hunter made the list. Growing up in NY I have to agree that skiing at Hunter was very scary. Tons of people flying everywhere. In terms of bodily risk, that has to rank up there.
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12-30-2010, 11:23 AM #42
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12-30-2010, 11:56 AM #43
^^ Holy hangfire.
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12-30-2010, 12:21 PM #44
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12-30-2010, 12:47 PM #45
Skied Hunter once and will never do it again. It’s like a work release program for convicts. Watch out for the chain gang going down the double black!
Skiing from the Aiguille du Midi through the Mer de Glace in Cham isn’t the most difficult, but I saw my buddy almost fall into a crevasse.
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12-30-2010, 12:50 PM #46
The couch
Goals for the season: -Try and pick up a sponsor.--Phill
But whatever scares you most... --Rip'nStick
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12-30-2010, 01:00 PM #47
That is defintely a high carnage to difficulty ratio. Between the gomers staggering down the hand line, falling in the moguls, slipping off the ladder to Montenvers, and bobsledding at high speed into melted out roads above Chamonix town, it's something to see. I see a helicopter extraction about 50% of the time.
Yet it's probably my favorite ski run in the world."Buy the Fucking Plane Tickets!"
-- Jack Tackle
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12-30-2010, 01:13 PM #48
i broke a ski in corbets, so...yea
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12-30-2010, 02:11 PM #49
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12-30-2010, 06:11 PM #50
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