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re: Major avalanche at Palisades Tahoe (aka Squaw Valley) on KT22 Lift Update 1 dead so far
Posted on 1/10/24 at 3:59 pm to MrLSU
Posted on 1/10/24 at 3:59 pm to MrLSU
Damn that's crazy. I've skied that area and like others have said it filters down into a pretty congested valley.
This post was edited on 1/10/24 at 4:10 pm
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Posted on 1/10/24 at 4:06 pm to MrLSU
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One person who literally saw it happen told me they saw at least five people disappear under the snow, and only one came up.
What is with the gratuitous use of the word “literally”? No shite he “literally” saw it. How else can one see something?
Posted on 1/10/24 at 4:09 pm to Penrod
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No shite he “literally” saw it. How else can one see something?
You ever try DMT?
Posted on 1/10/24 at 4:12 pm to East Coast Band
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I like how articles won't spell out "Squaw", likes it's the N word.
A few hundred people may be buried alive, but it's not going to get in the way of prioritizing this inane woke silliness.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 4:28 pm to MrLSU
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Major avalanche
That has to be one of the worst ways to go.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 4:36 pm to Penrod
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What is with the gratuitous use of the word “literally”? No shite he “literally” saw it. How else can one see something?
It's now used to differentiate someone who physically watched something vs someone who was there but only filmed it vertically for the gram while not really paying attention and will watch it later to see what happened.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 4:39 pm to MrLSU
I would have expected dogs among those rescuers.
They are now saying one dead, three injured and the search is over.
They are now saying one dead, three injured and the search is over.
This post was edited on 1/10/24 at 4:42 pm
Posted on 1/10/24 at 4:48 pm to SUB
Why would somebody get fired? It’s skiing and all know that a slide is possible.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 4:53 pm to lanticguy
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Why would somebody get fired? It’s skiing and all know that a slide is possible.
Just driving to the resort can be dangerous enough. Try going over Monarch Pass, I've seen some wild stuff there.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 5:05 pm to MrLSU
Its a slab avalanche from new snow on older snow base, there is no glacier on KT, this was from a heavy snow fall and wind loading.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 5:06 pm to cable
And people used to call me paranoid at me for wearing an avi beacon inbounds....
Posted on 1/10/24 at 5:07 pm to CuseTiger
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Did they not do avy control in the morning?
That was my thought as well, I know you're essentially taking on injury risk with your lift ticket, but this is something that a reasonable person would expect them to have known about and mitigated.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 5:07 pm to ninthward
people die at resorts all the time, mostly from hitting trees from being out of control, or a heart attack. One guy died in a small slide and we skied over him all season till he melted out and was right in the run.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 5:09 pm to ninthward
quote:yes of course, but wind loading can be so extreme that it can create a slab condition in a few minutes. Patrol can control an entire mountain but by the time they are on one side, the other side, yet controlled, has been exposed to a myriad of weather phenomena.
Did they not do avy control in the morning?
Posted on 1/10/24 at 5:12 pm to lsugerberbaby
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Damn - just watched "Buried" on Netflix. A documentary about the Alpine Meadows avalanche in 1982. Squaw Valley is not that far from Alpine Meadows.
I watched that about 2 weeks ago as well. Very very good film.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 5:49 pm to ninthward
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yes of course, but wind loading can be so extreme that it can create a slab condition in a few minutes.
Then dont open the lift.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 6:01 pm to Lonnie Utah
frick, I saw a snowplow (huge one) get stuck on MP in a blizzard once. They closed the road right agter we got though. The mountains are nothing to frick with.
This post was edited on 1/10/24 at 6:18 pm
Posted on 1/10/24 at 6:08 pm to lsugerberbaby
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Damn - just watched "Buried" on Netflix. A documentary about the Alpine Meadows avalanche in 1982. Squaw Valley is not that far from Alpine Meadows. Hope they're able to find everyone in time, if they're trapped.
Me too. When I first saw the post my first thought was he was talking about it. Dang.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 6:14 pm to Duke
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Then dont open the lift.
This was my first thought
Posted on 1/10/24 at 6:20 pm to MrLSU
went there last year... beautiful place... terrible that this happened
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