Avalanche near Arapahoe Basin injures one, one missing

**bendtheski** · 04-01-2011, 01:23 PM

An update on the tele says 2 injured. Hope this means they found the 2nd party undead.
Vibes.

KEYSTONE - An avalanche happened near Arapahoe Basin ski basin around noon. According to Summit County Sheriff's Office, one person is injured, and there might be one additional person was buried in the avalanche.

According to Tracy LeClair with the Summit County Sheriff's Office, it is unknown whether the injured person got out of the avalanche by themselves or was rescued by another person.

They have called in various crews to help with searching for the possible missing person, including the Summit County Rapid Deployment team.

Authorities are managing traffic in the area, and no roads are closed.

9NEWS is sending a crew to the scene and will post updates as soon as they become available.

(KUSA-TV © 2011 Multimedia Holdings Corporation)

**bendtheski** · 04-01-2011, 01:57 PM

9news updated the article to say both individuals found with injuries, possibly to legs. Nothing further.
Pulled the link from their website's front page.
I guess they figure nobody died, so who gives a shit?
Wouldn't want to discourage any gapers from venturing out over the weekend!

**summit** · 04-01-2011, 03:28 PM

CAIC will have something up later

http://www.summitdaily.com/article/2...ntProfile=1055
http://www.9news.com/news/article/19...in-injures-two

The news will have more later too

**skiracer88_00** · 04-01-2011, 04:01 PM

could this possibly be any more poorly written?

According to the Colorado Avalanche and Information Center, Summit County is on the "considerable" part of the avalanche scale. Considerable means there are dangerous avalanche conditions. Considerable is ranked as a 3 on the danger level scale, where five is the highest.

The Information Center says wet, loose avalanches are more common as the temperatures rise. Avalanches are harder to trigger when those conditions arise, but when they do go, they are usually larger.

This is the original quote from CAIC:

Today begins our quick transition to warm snow. Wet loose avalanches will become more frequent. Mild temperatures are settling the recent storm snow. The snow gains strength as it settles, which can make avalanches harder to trigger but larger when they go.

**smitchell333** · 04-01-2011, 04:46 PM

snowboarding in an area called Devil's Tool when the snow slide happened.

Devils Tool? Where is that?

The steep SW facing Chute?

gunit130 · 04-01-2011, 05:03 PM

April Fools

**Telemarketeer** · 04-01-2011, 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by smitchell333

Devils Tool? Where is that?

Yep, shorty, widowmaker slid too.

**summit** · 04-01-2011, 05:59 PM

9News video story http://www.9news.com/news/article/19...Arapahoe-Basin

Originally Posted by smitchell333

Devils Tool? Where is that?

The steep SW facing Chute?

Yes

Originally Posted by gunit130

April Fools

No

**BFD** · 04-02-2011, 02:12 AM

good thing the avie didn't mess up that bandana or what ever he had around his neck.

**BI-POLAR-BEAR** · 04-02-2011, 07:24 AM

BFD
good thing the avie didn't mess up that bandana or what ever he had around his neck.

You mean his jacket?

**linvillegorge** · 04-05-2011, 10:06 AM

Originally Posted by Summit

9News video story http://www.9news.com/news/article/19...Arapahoe-Basin

I'm no BC expert by any means, but I'm learning. The news stories about avalanches are nothing short of hilarious. I learned some stuff in that video. Evidently crowns are now the same thing as a cornice and evidently avalanches have fault lines. Was that avy caused by an earthquake? WTF???

If people don't know what they're talking about, they should stick to the tried and true "keep it simple stupid". Don't try to use technical wording when you obviously have no clue what you're talking about.