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Take It Easy Out There.....Avalanches

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pikupfulofsnow
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i know people are hungry to shoot, ski, ride everywhere and anything, but let's all just take a step back and chill. avalanches kill.
Dec 28 2008 10:13AM
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.Brink.
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word.
Dec 28 2008 11:16AM
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Powdered_Donuts
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Dec 28 2008 11:20AM
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currentwestman
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Dec 28 2008 11:43AM
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pretzels
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word up to the brink Icon and avy saftey. just got my level 1 certification the other day and will keep it up with higher classes all winter
Dec 28 2008 11:56AM
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rossiskier93
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Dec 28 2008 2:41PM
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LMPJibbin
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word?.....:-)
Dec 28 2008 2:48PM
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soup
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people just dont respect the mountains. 
Dec 28 2008 3:57PM
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Literature
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Amen. The sides of the cat tracks were slabbing today, and I was wearing my beacon with full gear inbounds.
Dec 28 2008 4:10PM
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dylansiggers
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today in fernie there were bigger avalanches than they have ever seen, it was out of control
Dec 28 2008 6:35PM
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dr_phil
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They put some avalanches warning on primetime television.. that's something
Dec 28 2008 7:21PM
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pikupfulofsnow
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bump
Jan 2 2009 1:16AM
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ski_DC
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12 foot crown in jackson by laramie bowl slid and buried a snow cat. they are having the worst luck with avys, its so dangerous out there
Jan 2 2009 1:18AM
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dr_phil
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A guy got killed by a slide in Ruby Bowl (Blackcomb) two days ago, they found his body today. Avalanches in Harmony too... everything is so sketchy right now ...
Jan 2 2009 2:33AM
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pikupfulofsnow
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be able to say, "not today."
Jan 2 2009 9:31AM
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Shifty540
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I sat at a standstill for two hours until they told us that an avalanch will close the hwy for the day. I woke up hella early to go today and checked the WSDOT website, sure enough still closed... DAMN IT i wanna ski all this snow.
Jan 2 2009 10:12AM
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hemlockjibber8
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Crazy faceting over Christmas. Be super careful.

1 dead in colorado
1 dead in Utah
2 dead in Whistler
8 dead in Fernie

Probably more.

Bring Gear, use your brain, and more than likely (right now) just turn around. It's sketch out there.
Jan 2 2009 10:32AM
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grifter
Posts: 933 - Karma: 102
People need to remember that, take it easy, if it looks like it's gonna go, probably because it is, just go spend the day lapping the park, wait for the right conditions.
Jan 2 2009 11:11AM
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Cuckoo
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2 were killed in Whistler yesterday
Jan 2 2009 11:25AM
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DaLiNeRiDEr21
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logan peak swallowed two snowmobilers
Jan 2 2009 11:31AM
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smuggs
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its like

5 in utah
1 in washington
2 in whistler
1 or 2 in california
2 in whistler
1 in colorado
8 in bc
Jan 2 2009 12:21PM
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smuggs
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and the one in jackson

and you guys can ski the backcountry. you just dont go near or under big slopes, open faces, slopes 30-55  degrees.
Jan 2 2009 12:25PM
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thomas_dube
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Jan 2 2009 12:39PM
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AwR
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Respect the snow and be safe.
Jan 2 2009 6:55PM
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