It's gonna puke in CO!!! Avvy danger up too.

**summit** · 02-28-2004, 04:55 PM

There should be 9-24" fresh falling for us Northern Mountain types between tonight (sat night) and monday morning!!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is going to rule!

Durango got 26" new this morning! Woweee!! S mountains got a CAIC avvy warning issued. High danger level everywhere (cept wolf creek).

N mountains got upped to Considerable everywhere (cept steamboat) I hope everything goes fun and well for the mag/mins in east vail today.

I bet our danger level is going way the hell up by monday for us Summit/Eagle/Clear Creek types.... Yikes

Here is all the details from the CAIC people who know their snow science and mountain meteorology:
[url]geosurvey.state.co.us/avalanche/[url]

Comments? (Halsted? SumCo gonna get da snow this time for once?)

**mr_gyptian** · 02-28-2004, 05:00 PM

shooooosh. there are no guarantees in Summit Co. this year.

**Crinkle** · 02-28-2004, 05:36 PM

you are no Red Baron, thanks for the jinx.

**truth** · 02-28-2004, 05:50 PM

February 24, 2004

Four climbers hit by avalanche north of Silverton

By Patricia Miller
Herald Staff Writer

Four experienced climbers were hit by a natural avalanche north of Silverton late Saturday afternoon, and one man's leg was broken.

The men were struck at 5:45 p.m. on the Stairway to Heaven climb near Eureka, nine miles north of Silverton, said San Juan County sheriff's Deputy Mike McQueen.

John Hayward, 34, of Broomfield, "had just come off a rappel and loosened his rope. The avalanche carried him almost 200 yards down to the creek," McQueen said. The other three climbers were still anchored to the wall and were underneath a bulge so they were protected.

"The injured party (Hayward) ended up crawling out (two miles) as assistance from his buddies ended up being slower and more painful," wrote Dave Fiddler, captain of Silverton San Juan County Search and Rescue, by e-mail on Sunday.

Hayward was taken by Silverton Ambulance to Mercy Medical Center, Fiddler added.

Mercy spokesman David Bruzzese said Monday that Hayward had been treated and released.

McQueen named the other three climbers as Rich Sidoroff, 44, of Evergreen; Sean Wood, 38, of Evergreen; and Carl Curran, 37, of White Plains, N.Y. None of the three was injured.

Two more slides were released by the rescue activity, Fiddler reported. "One was to the gully north and did no damage. The other was apparently huge,' and the powder cloud did some threatening but no real damage," he said

Both McQueen and Fiddler emphasized that the seasonal danger from avalanches is far from over.

The Web site for the Colorado Avalanche Information Center reported snow conditions Monday evening in the San Juan Mountains as "overall weak." The Web site reported a surface slab has formed from 10 inches to 20 inches of snow that has fallen recently in the San Juans. Additionally, the CAIC Web site reported 70 avalanches in the San Juans from Saturday through Monday evening.

**Red Baron** · 02-28-2004, 05:52 PM

you are no Red Baron, thanks for the jinx.

Crinkle, you just made my day...

**Crinkle** · 02-28-2004, 06:56 PM

You're welcome, now get to that Cray super computer and run some modules for Summit county and let us know when we are going to get a dump.

**Ted Stryker** · 02-28-2004, 08:04 PM

yeeaahhh front range rumpers way to rage!

Blurred Elevens · 02-28-2004, 08:11 PM

Originally posted by Ted Stryker
yeeaahhh front rumpers way to rage!

Do you ever say anything that amounts to a pile of shit dude?

Why not contribute some content here instead of only commenting on everyone else. Do you even ski?

**Ted Stryker** · 02-28-2004, 08:14 PM

yo d ude.

why would you ever post something that might get someone killed?

Blurred Elevens · 02-28-2004, 08:16 PM

Originally posted by Ted Stryker
yo d ude.

why would you ever post something that might get someone killed?

Because it's ski related? Poser.

**Ted Stryker** · 02-28-2004, 08:22 PM

yo brett.

ever been to the stairway to heaven?
brett: no

do even know what the fuk it is?
brett: no; but dude like i skied Lines once and they ripped!

why the fuk were those guys on that route that day?
brett: so like in east vail there's like this drop dude......

gee, where were the guys from?
hell(fukkin)lo.

brett - just cause you like max dont make you cool

Blurred Elevens · 02-28-2004, 08:27 PM

Originally posted by Ted Stryker
yo brett.

ever been to the stairway to heaven?
brett: no

do even know what the fuk it is?
brett: no; but dude like i skied Lines once and they ripped!

why the fuk were those guys on that route that day?
brett: so like in east vail there's like this drop dude......

gee, where were the guys from?
hell(fukkin)lo.

brett - just cause you like max dont make you cool

You're a fucking poser dude.

You don't know jack about skiing, but talk a big game. Show some pics of you skiing and I might take you more seriously. Can't wait to see you no-show on the shoot poserboy.....