8 snowmobilers dead near Fernie,
3-4 skiers as of tonight dead at Whistler-blackcomb, steve clarke in an avy in RUBY BOWL and 2 missing off of west bowl, 1 missing in harmony. I can't believe they reopened it after that big slide 2 days ago.
1 dead in Jackson Hole last week, headwall also slid and took out the restaurant and patrol shack
1 dead in Squaw last week
1 dead at Mt High in cali...
BIG Slides at Alta, Snowbird...
3 BIG slides set off today at WB.
If you have a beacon, wear in ON inbounds, bring your backpack with avy gear. IPODS and cell phones do screw with the signal, get trained... don't fuck around.
One of my coworkers is also a guide for whistler Heli and they're not flying til the snowpack unfucks it self, which means we need it to rain to consolidate the -20 fluffy layer with the ice under it all and now the warmer layer on top. Pray for a pineapple express.
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Two dead in avalanches near Whistler, B.C.
Updated: Thu Jan. 01 2009 18:24:26
CTV.ca News Staff
Two people are dead following avalanches on separate mountain ski runs near the resort town of Whistler, B.C.
CTV News' Sarah Galashan said that in both fatalities the skiers were
in areas that would normally be in-bounds but because of avalanche
warnings those areas were marked as off-limits.
The body of a 37-year-old Whistler man was found Thursday morning on
Blackcomb Mountain on a ski run called Spanky's Ladder. An avalanche
occurred there on Wednesday and a search was called for after the skier
was reported missing.
The second fatality occurred Thursday afternoon on Whistler Mountain
after an avalanche on a ski course called Hidden Chute. RCMP said the
victim was a 26-year-old man from outside B.C.
A third avalanche occurred on an in-bounds ski course on Whistler
Mountain Thursday afternoon. That part of the mountain has since been
shut down.
Staff at Whistler have been letting skiers know that the avalanche risk
was very high and have marked some ski courses as out of bounds,
Galashan said.
RCMP are expected to make a statement later Thursday. The identities of the victims have not been released.
Avalanche warnings are in place throughout much of southern B.C.
Eight men were killed on Sunday when they were struck by a series of
avalanches while snowmobiling near Fernie, B.C. Three men managed to
survive.
