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Fatal slide at the canyons

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GrippinGs
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Yesterday a north facing aspect off the 9990 chair slid and buried a father and a child. the 11yr old survived but sadly his dad did not. Be careful with all this new snow guys. Dont ruin the holidays for yourself or your fam.
Dec 24 2007 11:50AM
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fizzlefry
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i saw this on the news yesterday. crazy. 9990 has some damn good terrain though.
Dec 24 2007 4:35PM
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BskiP
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it was inbounds! i skiied the same line pretty much a little before it happened. scary shit.
Dec 24 2007 6:29PM
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GrippinGs
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ya i guess there were rumors about the guy who set it off. supposedly he was bouncing along the ropeline or possibly poaching. but still i cant believe patrol didnt test or cut the slope on the other side of the rope. 2nd fatal slide inbounds in the us in a few years and the 2nd fatal one at the canyons in 4 years. wtf!
Dec 24 2007 8:47PM
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aznpcskier
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sucks this had to happen right before the holidays.  condolences for the victim's family. 
Dec 24 2007 10:14PM
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eheath
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That's really unfortunate is happened in bounds, I wonder how that slipped from ski patrol checks?
Dec 25 2007 3:11AM
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djty111
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they bonbed the hell out of the area and made ski cuts sometimes shit just happens I guess...makes me want to wear my beacon inbounds now...
Dec 25 2007 4:33AM
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sconniestyle
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that's the second death there this month, isnt it?  i know the two are unrelated but from a resort standpoint, that is some seriously bad pr. 

Dec 26 2007 10:38AM
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BskiP
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they were 8 days apart. im not goin skiin up there every 8th day now. haha

Dec 26 2007 10:52AM
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