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11-15-2017, 12:15 PM #1
Couple of Snowboarders Have Been Missing at Mt. Baker Ski Area for last 3 nights..
Article - http://www.kiro7.com/news/north-soun...cast/647502683
They didn't come back Sunday night, it's been nuking and SAR has called off the search for now. Send some vibes, prayers +++
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11-15-2017, 12:29 PM #2Registered User
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That's shitty. Just gotta hope they found or dug a cave and are waiting it out.
Good time to review the "what's in your pack" list before folks head out this weekend."Judge me by the enemies I have made." -FDR
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11-16-2017, 11:04 AM #3Registered User
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damn, vibes being sent. glad to hear they have avy gear, but if they dont have supplies they could be in trouble. hoping for the best outcome.
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11-16-2017, 12:21 PM #4
Any word?
What we have here is an intelligence failure. You may be familiar with staring directly at that when shaving. .
-Ottime
One man can only push so many boulders up hills at one time.
-BMillsSkier
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11-16-2017, 05:00 PM #5
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11-16-2017, 06:05 PM #6
man that sucks......Like James said, hopefully they're hunkered down waiting it out.
What we have here is an intelligence failure. You may be familiar with staring directly at that when shaving. .
-Ottime
One man can only push so many boulders up hills at one time.
-BMillsSkier
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11-16-2017, 06:16 PM #7
Just Kids man, Terrible.
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11-16-2017, 10:06 PM #8
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11-17-2017, 12:37 PM #9Registered User
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any updates?
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11-17-2017, 05:09 PM #10
search is back on. http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news...185239753.html
Far right of the map shows the parking lot where they parked.
They most likely they walked, snowshoed or skinned toward this zone.
However if I remember correctly you need to be in decent shape to get out toward the point, especially if they were hiking or snowshoeing. I'm guessing when they get found its going to be very close to the parking lot. Sadly.
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11-17-2017, 05:39 PM #11
Hopefully they're on a roundabout way back to the parking lot. Friends and family must be freaking out. Vibes for sure.
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11-17-2017, 05:42 PM #12
Damn. Hoping they are ok somehow. Vibes
Last edited by roverdoc; 11-17-2017 at 06:11 PM.
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11-17-2017, 06:03 PM #13
Positives thoughts for a good outcome.
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11-17-2017, 06:14 PM #14
poor kids. hope they are not suffering too much out there...
skid luxury
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11-17-2017, 06:24 PM #15
From what I've heard, the speculation is that they were heading toward blueberry chutes. It's not a particularly difficult hike from the back of the upper lot, but there are definitely traps for those not familiar with the area. The top is open and flat(ish), and the edge has very few trees. I don't know what the visibility was like that day, but it would be easy to fall off or get cliffed out if you couldn't see and didn't know where you were going.
The topography tends to channel snow there so you have a terrain trap at your back, and if you don't know your way back up to the visitor center (there's usually an established skin track, but it's probably too early in the season) it would be easy to get lost down there. If they ended up on top of the lake, the ice might not be thick enough yet to support a person.
I hope they're ok, but the feeling here in town isn't good.
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11-18-2017, 01:21 AM #16
Does no one make a directional dish optimized to receive beacon signals from a helicopter? Seems like a 48" dish antenna could pick up a transmission from a mile or two away, and at least get searchers in the right area. Geeks with DIY directional wifi antennas steal internet from unsecured routers miles away, there's gotta be a way to do the same thing with a beacon.
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11-18-2017, 01:22 AM #17
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11-18-2017, 01:43 AM #18
I've thought about that. Or using an array of antennas but that's so much more complicated. My work involves arrays and beamforming though, so that's where my initial thoughts go.
I read about some student group making drones with an antenna for emergency beacons. I think the idea was to let the drone fly a grid and look for where the signal originated. Mostly for search and rescue type stuff but I don't remember if they looked at avalanche beacons
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11-18-2017, 06:34 AM #19Registered User
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Toured around that area last year during heavy snow days in early december. All around table mtn there were avys poppin. 2 skiers were caught the day prior.
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11-18-2017, 07:34 AM #20
Thought one of the articles said they had them. Assuming they were turned on, batteries could be getting low though.
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11-18-2017, 10:05 AM #21
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11-18-2017, 10:12 AM #22
King County Sheriff’s has one of these
http://www.denverpost.com/2012/11/24...search-beacon/“I have a responsibility to not be intimidated and bullied by low life losers who abuse what little power is granted to them as ski patrollers.”
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11-18-2017, 10:44 AM #23
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11-18-2017, 11:00 AM #24
Subscribed. Keep us updated!
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11-18-2017, 01:14 PM #25
checked in hoping for better news...very sad
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