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Huge Avy in Bounds at Mt. Hood

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Freeheel4real
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Crazy big avalanche went down at Heather Canyon/Clark Canyon at Mt. Hood Meadows last night.

Deposits up to 30 feet deep
Travelled nearly 3 miles. Crazy.


http://www.skihood.com/Community-and-News/Meadows-Blog/Posts/2010/01/Anatomy-of-an-Avalanche?c=129089203681670000
Jan 25 2010 3:04PM
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Freeheel4real
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heres the avalanche path imposed over the trail map. Starting at over 10,000 feet.
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Jan 25 2010 3:06PM
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jeremy.g
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shit that could have been really bad if it would have happened during daytime. that thing looked big
Jan 25 2010 3:08PM
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STAUSS
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thats fuckin wild. 
gnarly avvy conditions all over the west. 
Jan 25 2010 3:09PM
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Freeheel4real
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ya the avy danger was only "considerable" at 5-6000' (only a 3 on a 1-5 scale). The problem is people have very little data above 7000'. This fracture occured at over 10,000'
Jan 25 2010 3:12PM
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123ski
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natural?
Jan 25 2010 3:16PM
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123ski
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nevermind, just read the article..is totally natural
Jan 25 2010 3:18PM
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rocktheLPs
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there have been slides left and right up in little cottonwood canyon. there was one across the road yesterday. somebody in the wasatch bc died as well. make good decisions out there
Jan 25 2010 3:20PM
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thelizards
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holy balls thats big
Jan 25 2010 3:25PM
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Zump.
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jesus. its raining here. thats peobably going to happen at my mountain but as a fucking mud slide
Jan 25 2010 3:46PM
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Che~
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same here
Jan 25 2010 4:19PM
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Canuker
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Man thats crazy, just today the same thing happened at my hill, except it was tsunami FROM ALL THIS GODDAMN RAIN, wierd how these things happen so close to eacother.

Jan 25 2010 4:21PM
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Ben.
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holy dude man.


wow....
Jan 25 2010 4:26PM
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Kcin
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it wasnt last night it says the date in the first sentence but yeah it was pretty gnarly. really glad no one was hurt
Jan 25 2010 4:27PM
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smooticus
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30 ft of fresh then lol, Wish i had a meadows pass
Jan 25 2010 4:29PM
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Ben.
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.... wow.


golden wheelchair goes to... YOU
Jan 25 2010 4:32PM
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Magnetic
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well there should be some epic parks there this summer
Jan 25 2010 4:35PM
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smooticus
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oh come on what are the chances i happens again anytime soon
Jan 25 2010 5:38PM
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Ben.
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have fun skiing through avvy debris. let me know how "fresh" they are
Jan 25 2010 6:59PM
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Mr.Huck
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I'd love to see pics of the depo pile.  That look's like almost a tenth of the mountain top went.

Hope it wasn't anywhere near the snowfield where they build the parks, but probably wouldn't effect it to much.  You're not talking about building a park on a ave debris pile, because that would be like building a park on a cheese grater.  
Jan 25 2010 7:02PM
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TimmyK
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Wow thats crazy luckily no one was hurt.
Jan 25 2010 7:05PM
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Freeheel4real
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ha I just read sunday. good call it was a week ago
Jan 25 2010 7:07PM
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Ryanvdonk
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thats a few canyons over, to the left in the picture, shouldnt have impacted tline at all
Jan 25 2010 7:11PM
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Freeheel4real
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no offense man, but this comment combined with your profile picture really makes me worry about the kind of people that go into the backcountry....

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Jan 25 2010 7:12PM
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apcaipse
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That scares me, so badly.
Jan 25 2010 7:29PM
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skiminnesota
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just look at all the freshies ben!

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what an amazing display of natures power.

glad no one was hurt/killed by it.
Jan 25 2010 7:38PM
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Ware
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thats huge started at 10,00 feet and ended below meadows? Crazy. Wonder how fast it was moving
Jan 25 2010 8:17PM
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Mr.Huck
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That's big, but I bet that's just a fraction of it right?  If someone got buried in that shit, they'd probably find them in 2011.  Scary shit.  So lucky it was at night.
Jan 25 2010 8:23PM
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Ben.
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yeah im still confused. so this was above the resort in a closed area and slid down through it? ive never been to hood so i dont know.
Jan 25 2010 8:29PM
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willy.t
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haha
Jan 25 2010 8:38PM
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skiminnesota
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i read the whole story from the link, and from what i gathered this is correct. it started above, and slid in bounds. (but ive never been to MT hood)

here is another gnar pic from the same site..

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Jan 25 2010 8:44PM
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BikeMlatt69
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wish i woulda gone last night
Jan 25 2010 8:47PM
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ski_ENDUB
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This happened a week ago
Jan 25 2010 8:49PM
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Ben.
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then why the hell wasnt this managed better? it seems like they should have been making a much better effort to clear snow above, knowing about that weak layer, and then the amount of snow loaded on top. thats a pretty big gamble with peoples lives...
Jan 25 2010 8:59PM
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Freeheel4real
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the slide broke loose at over 10,000' which is unfortunately out of the jurisdiction of the resort's permit area. Therefore they could not do anything about it, except close off the area underneath...Kinda rediculous


And for everyone talking about great parks in the summer, they dont build their parks in double black canyons lol.
Jan 25 2010 11:11PM
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Funnel
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Damn. That's a huge avy. I bet that shit was so loud. I would have loved to watch it come down. Good thing it happened at night. Be cautious out there kids.
Jan 25 2010 11:15PM
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Drail
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and it was only a 4... I believe, for a 5 they say it has the potential to burry an entire town. which has happened once in BC by Stewart/Hyder. spooky stuff.
Jan 25 2010 11:18PM
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Ben.
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ah. makes more sense then. but they should really do something about that, could be really bad if that happened during operating hours
Jan 25 2010 11:22PM
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Reed.
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I know youre trying for the Darwin award...  but dont make it THAT obvious
Jan 25 2010 11:34PM
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chazz.
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Although I see your point, they cant do anything more than they already do. I ski at meadows and know that area well, the slide started well above Superbowl which is already a very exposed area that is considered "in bounds" but involves a hour+ hike on the occasion they do open it. If you check out the blog post on the avy (http://www.skihood.com/Community-and-News/Meadows-Blog/Posts/2010/01/Anatomy-of-an-Avalanche) you can see some really good perspective shots from near the top of Superbowl and see what canyon it went into. In that picture, looking down into Clark and Heather canyons from Superbowl, the entrance to Heather is on top of the big ridge to the right of where the arrow is pointing to the bottom of the canyon. The M1 Howitzer they use for avy control is halfway down that ridge, nowhere close to the slide zone and in fact almost too small to see in that picture. All that to say, the slide started at 1,650 ft above where that picture was taken, which is somewhere close to the highest point considered "in bounds" for the resort. Unfortunately, there's nothing anyone could have done to prevent it. Fortunately, no one was in it.
Jan 25 2010 11:48PM
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chazz.
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http://www.skihood.com/Community-and-News/Meadows-Blog/Posts/2010/01/Anatomy-of-an-Avalanche

hopefully that link works, if not I give up.
Also, mt Hood is only 11,249 ft tall, and the slide started at 10,650 ft which is dang close to the top. That's wayyy above where they can even come close to patrolling..
Jan 25 2010 11:53PM
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Ben.
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ahh. ive never been to hood so i didnt know. just seems sketch to me lol. but obviously also rather rare.
Jan 26 2010 12:00AM
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Freeheel4real
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lolz. that is the link i posted bro. thats why i made this thread. check the OP!!!!
Jan 26 2010 3:30AM
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T-Holt
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That's crazy, avalanches are so powerful. It's so fortunate that no one got hurt.
Jan 26 2010 9:55AM
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smooticus
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Lol snow boulder jibs dude
Jan 27 2010 3:58PM
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zagfan5
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snoqualmie had a big mudslide last year. took out one of the lifts. it was scary.
Jan 27 2010 4:37PM
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Parkboy
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the path of that avy is like the exact path i skied the last day i was up there. glad this thing was at night and no ski patrol were caught in the mess
Jan 27 2010 4:41PM
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Freeheel4real
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scary shit man....hopefully you skiied it in safer avy conditions than when this happened ;)
Jan 28 2010 3:24AM
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NateDude
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It's crazy how sketchy heather canyon is given that it's technically inbounds terrain. Definitely can be considered legit sidecountry
Dec 20 2022 11:01PM
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hoodratz47
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First. Epic bump
Second. It is really fun terrain there. A lot of people access it and get hurt with no business being there. And the ride out is a bit bogus. And it can get some gross weather there
NateDudeIt's crazy how sketchy heather canyon is given that it's technically inbounds terrain. Definitely can be considered legit sidecountry
Dec 21 2022 12:20AM
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skicel
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reminds me of how canyons closed 99-90 up top because of in bounds avys
Dec 21 2022 10:55AM
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