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Kid dies in avalanche in UT

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Mr.Capone
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I was reading in the paper this morning and saw that a 17 year old from Mass died in an avalanche this weekend. Does anyone have more information about this? Who it was, etc? Stuff like this is so sad.
Feb 19 2007 3:49PM
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Luckyscs
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avalanches suck. I would vote for anyone who would declare the "war on avalanches and other natural disasters" except hilary clinton.
Feb 19 2007 3:52PM
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moneygnarsteez3
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he was up by pc and heber snowmobiling and he was warned of the danger but went anyway. the danger is sooo high right now here in utah for slides so everyone be careful.
Feb 19 2007 4:46PM
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ScratchFS91
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oh shit, rip dude
Feb 19 2007 5:51PM
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tSki
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fuck man im so sick of hearing of these kids dying RIP man and everyone else needs to be more careful
Feb 19 2007 6:04PM
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STAUSS
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fuck, rip dude, kids really need to know what theyt are doing out there, respect the mtns
Feb 19 2007 6:45PM
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kabozo101
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man that sucks. rip
Feb 19 2007 6:47PM
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.hazen.
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it's just shitty to hear that. rip.
Feb 19 2007 7:17PM
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JGP.
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dam...anyone know a name??? im from mass, might have heard of the kid. RIP
Feb 19 2007 7:18PM
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Luckyscs
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It always seems that snowmobiles are the begining of all mountain/snow accidents.
Feb 19 2007 7:20PM
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Ryanvdonk
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RIP, but really, sounds like someone very inexperienced going into the backcountry, if this is you and you want to go into uncontrolled areas for some powpow, you better go with someone who knows the area and what they're doing.
Feb 19 2007 7:20PM
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lastxlight
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Shit, that kid will be shredding up in Valhalla.




Take this for silver lining, remember you don't control the mountains, they control you. Don't venture into something dangerous that is past control.
Feb 19 2007 7:21PM
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Dilla
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RIP. that really sucks. Gotta respect your surroundings and follow your instincts.
Feb 19 2007 7:21PM
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Kori
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Weekend avalanches killed six people in Montana, Utah and Idaho. In Montana the families of the snowmobilers identifyied the deceased as Kris Rains, 26, and Brett Toney, 27, both of Townsend, and the survivor as Jason Crawford, 27, of Helena.

 In Utah, two snowmobilers died in separate avalanches on Saturday and a 17-year-old skier from Massachusetts was killed after being caught in a Sunday afternoon slide while skiing out of bounds near the Snowbasin ski resort.

Authorities found the boy's body after several hours of searching. He is the second teenager and to die in a Utah avalanche this weekend.

The other, Zachary Holmes, 16, of Farr West, was buried by an avalanche estimated to be 300 feet wide

In Idaho, the Bonneville County Sheriff's Office in Idaho Falls confirmed the death of a Utah man in an avalanche near Palisade Peak. Nicholas Gus Steinmann, 26, of Ogden, Utah, died Saturday after attempts by rescue personnel to resuscitate him failed.   


the rest of the story can be found at 
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WEATHER/02/19/winter.weather.ap/index.html 

Feb 19 2007 7:24PM
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alev
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yea i know his name. he went to brookwood school and was a senior, locally i think. hes from the area (north shore) and he was friends with the majority of my friends. i havent heard anything but good things about the kid, i send my best to his family and close friends. sucks hearing about that, i hate news that is that sad.
Feb 19 2007 7:38PM
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poofartpee
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dieing in an avalanche would suck
Feb 19 2007 7:57PM
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jsg
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huge avalance warnings all over the west coast
Feb 19 2007 8:06PM
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oldskewl
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there was a thread recently about avalanche safety. The snow is so fucking unstable right now out here. If you have no big mountain back country experience save your friends and family some pain and DONT do it.

If you want to learn how to go with people that REALLY know what is up. It is SERIOUS BUSINESS.
Feb 19 2007 8:06PM
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SkierJulie
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Right after huge storms and high winds is not the time to go OB. There is absolutely no reason six people should get killed in the span of just a few days in avalanches if they are paying attention to the avy report and the weather. Sure good snow is hard to resist, but let the snow stabalize. It's just not worth it to get out there on such unstable, windloaded slopes. I know one of the parties that got caught over the weekend did not even have avy gear. That is just plain stupid. Do yourselfs a favor: go buy a beacon, and go take a course! I'm sick of reading about all of this. And no, this is not some coldhearted rant. I lost a friend early January in an avalanche.
Feb 19 2007 8:10PM
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Commonwealth
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there was actually another kid from monument mountain high school in great barrington, ma who died in an avalanche in austria i think
Feb 19 2007 8:11PM
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Taydawg197
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Yup, i think he went to MMHS for a couple years but was going to the american school in either austria or switzerland.
Feb 19 2007 8:49PM
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Aenigma
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This is not the year to be out backcountry skiing, I'm surprised we haven't had more deaths.  I can't speak for everywhere, but I know in SW Montana we have a 2-4 foot base of faceted snow that gets weaker as you go deeper--and to cap it off, it has a rain crust on top.  We've been getting slabs up to 6' deep and 600' wide regularly in the mountains the past couple weeks so I haven't even been backcountry skiing in almost a month.  It's just not worth it. 
Feb 19 2007 9:33PM
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thrasher*TB
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spencer acher it was in switserland
hes from grea barrington
Feb 19 2007 9:52PM
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skier24
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shitt
that sucks
RIP
Feb 19 2007 10:34PM
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Sholte
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that sucks. RIP
Feb 19 2007 10:51PM
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Adrenaline
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he was in hells canyon next to snowbasin, which, if he had done his research before heading out there, is an area prone to heavy wind loading.  This last storm brought heavy wind loading and the snow was a higher moisture content than normal so it's just a sucky situation he thought he could go it alone in such a highly prone area to very large avalanches.  crowns 10-20 feet deep are common in avalanches in hells.
Feb 19 2007 11:25PM
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grapesoda
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i knew him..we grew up in the same town actually and he was a great kid..rip
Feb 19 2007 11:37PM
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49566738265
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i need to search for advice about avy prevention, hope there are some good threads already
Feb 20 2007 12:14AM
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B.L.A.K.E
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All my thoughts are to his family and friends but seriously, the snow is the most unstable its been all year, if not longer then that, stay in bounds for a while.
Feb 20 2007 1:15AM
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