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01-17-2019, 02:35 PM #1
In-bounds slide at Taos? Kachina Peak
Hearing from friends that there was an in-bounds slide at Taos on Kachina peak with multiple burials.
This information is preliminary and not confirmed.
Damnit.
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01-17-2019, 02:36 PM #2
discussion in the NM thread.
K4-5 slid.. from what I have heard and as close as I can tell from the taos news.www.dpsskis.com
www.point6.com
formerly an ambassador for a few others, but the ski industry is... interesting.
Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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01-17-2019, 03:20 PM #3
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01-17-2019, 03:25 PM #4
https://www.taosnews.com/stories/ava...ina-peak,54548
Two successfully rescued. Looking for more. Sucks.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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01-17-2019, 03:28 PM #5
Piper is fine. Meadow skipping in the backcountry.
Freaked me out.
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01-17-2019, 04:31 PM #6
Fuuuuuck.
"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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01-17-2019, 04:38 PM #7
Fuuuuuck is right.
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01-17-2019, 04:53 PM #8
The NM bc is pretty sketch right now, but this inbounds shit is freaking me out.
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01-17-2019, 05:00 PM #9
This sucks bigtime. Vibes to those impacted by this. Looks really bad.
Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!
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01-17-2019, 05:04 PM #10
Damn, hope everybody makes ok. Big terrain up there.
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01-17-2019, 05:14 PM #11
From the article:
According to Taos News photographer Morgan Timms, who was at the scene of the accident on Thursday, the snow from the slide was so deep that the probes, which are as long as 30 feet, could not reach the bottom of the snowpack.
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01-17-2019, 05:37 PM #12
TAOS, N.M. (KRQE) - Two people were rescued Thursday after being buried in an avalanche at Taos Ski Valley. Both are in critical condition. One is at Holy Cross Hospital in Taos, the other person has been flown to UNM Hospital.
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01-17-2019, 05:38 PM #13
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01-17-2019, 05:41 PM #14
30' is extremely long. It would be recovery, not rescue at that length.
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01-17-2019, 06:10 PM #15
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01-17-2019, 06:15 PM #16
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01-17-2019, 06:29 PM #17
Good point, but I'm assuming the two they rescued were not wearing beacons.
I'm no avi expert, but within the first 20-30 minutes I'm thinking about using a standard probe for speed. Beyond that switch to a longer recovery probe.
I have skinned and skied Kachina countless times. So horrible for the two caught obviously, but I know a few of the patrollers and cannot imagine how they're feeling right now.
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01-17-2019, 06:37 PM #18
I'm guessing that the two that were recovered were from visible cues from bystanders before the slide like mentioned, and from clues on the surface.
Probing an entire debris field and hoping for a live recovery of someone fully buried without a beacon seems like an impossibility unless there was a very shallow burial and a very quick dog hit.
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01-17-2019, 08:33 PM #19
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01-17-2019, 08:35 PM #20
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01-18-2019, 05:04 AM #21
Sounds like one of the victims passed away.
Sucks. So sad. And scary.
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01-18-2019, 05:24 AM #22
Does Taos have RECCO? Such a tragedy
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01-18-2019, 07:27 AM #23
Most likely yes to the RECCO.
The company (RECCO) provides the receiving units free to most ski areas with avalanche potential as a way to drive sales of the reflector chips.
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01-18-2019, 07:46 AM #24
Thanks, that was my understanding.
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01-18-2019, 08:01 AM #25Registered User
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RECCO is great for this kind of situation. The reflectors work best of course, but it can be used to locate other people and objects without reflectors by a trained user. Unfortunately, as far as I know it has only recovered bodies in NA so far, but maybe a few live saves overseas.
Sorry to hear that one of the victims has died. Such a crazy situation. Probably having an incredible ski day right up until the point that rug got pulled out from under them.
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