On Saturday, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) posted a video to its Facebook page that shows two snowmobilers in Colorado on February getting very lucky on a casual ride near Leadville in Birdseye Gulch. Needless to say, this situation could have certainly ended much worse than it did.
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As you watch the footage, the first snowmobiler makes their way up the hill, when the unstable snowpack gets triggered, sending a massive plume of snow barreling down on the second snowmobiler not far behind. You can see that there are tracks already on the terrain that the snowmobiles are attempting to climb. According to the CAIC, there had been skiers in the same area just moments before the avalanche was triggered. Apparently, their prescence on the terrain was not impactful enough to trigger the slide. “The skiers were fortunate to not trigger an avalanche,” the CAIC wrote. “Moments later the snowmobiler, a larger trigger, was able to collapse the weak layer and trigger an avalanche.”
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Thankfully, the snowmobiler who was caught by the avalanche was able to keep from getting completely submerged by the snow as they finished tumbling down the hill. “It’s really quite terrifying,” CAIC Director Ethan Greene told KDVR. “Fortunately, the fellow that was caught in the avalanche ends up with his head above the snow.”
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The Colorado Avalanche Information Center warns that potentially catastrophic avalanches are likely to persist in this particular area. “Conservative terrain choices with attention to connected terrain and safe travel practices can help us manage the high degree of uncertainty with the complicated snowpack structure currently present in many backcountry zones,” the CAIC says. As always, the CAIC urges anybody venturing out into avalanche terrain to check the avalanche forecast before heading out.
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On Saturday, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) posted a video to its Facebook page that shows two snowmobilers in Colorado on February getting very lucky on a casual ride near Leadville in Birdseye Gulch. Needless to say, this situation could have certainly ended much worse than it did.
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As you watch the footage, the first snowmobiler makes their way up the hill, when the unstable snowpack gets triggered, sending a massive plume of snow barreling down on the second snowmobiler not far behind.
Watch: A Day in the Life of an Alta Ski Patroller
Read article
Watch: A Day in the Life of an Alta Ski Patroller
You can see that there are tracks already on the terrain that the snowmobiles are attempting to climb. According to the CAIC, there had been skiers in the same area just moments before the avalanche was triggered. Apparently, their prescence on the terrain was not impactful enough to trigger the slide.
“The skiers were fortunate to not trigger an avalanche,” the CAIC wrote. “Moments later the snowmobiler, a larger trigger, was able to collapse the weak layer and trigger an avalanche.”
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Thankfully, the snowmobiler who was caught by the avalanche was able to keep from getting completely submerged by the snow as they finished tumbling down the hill.
400 Inches and Counting: Jackson Hole, Alta, and Snowbird Snow Totals Pile Up
Read article
400 Inches and Counting: Jackson Hole, Alta, and Snowbird Snow Totals Pile Up
“It’s really quite terrifying,” CAIC Director Ethan Greene told KDVR. “Fortunately, the fellow that was caught in the avalanche ends up with his head above the snow.”
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Read article
The Colorado Avalanche Information Center warns that potentially catastrophic avalanches are likely to persist in this particular area.
How to Ski and Ride Vail Like a Local
Read article
How to Ski and Ride Vail Like a Local
“Conservative terrain choices with attention to connected terrain and safe travel practices can help us manage the high degree of uncertainty with the complicated snowpack structure currently present in many backcountry zones,” the CAIC says.
As always, the CAIC urges anybody venturing out into avalanche terrain to check the avalanche forecast before heading out.
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