http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/25/avalanche...f=ib_topstories
Does not say if it happened in or out of bounds.
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Avalanche at Squaw Valley claims 1
Started by RibStaThiok, Dec 25 2008 08:59 PM
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Posted 25 December 2008 - 09:42 PM
According to the following article, the skier was inbounds off of Red Dog.
Skier Dead in Sierra Avalanche--Reno Gazette-Journal
Skier Dead in Sierra Avalanche--Reno Gazette-Journal
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Posted 26 December 2008 - 05:53 AM
The only for sure thing after Professional Ski Patrol(Practicing Snow Scientists) has done their "control work " is that there is a less likely chance that there will be an avalanche. Remember that gravity never takes a day off. I never take for granted that a slope is safe because some one else says so . If it is steep and there is "good powder" on it, be a skeptic, beacon, buddy, probe, shovel, know how and choose a safe line.
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Posted 26 December 2008 - 08:21 AM
Red Dog could mean many places and usually is the last set of lifts to close at Squaw.
Red Dog “area” is a pretty big area at SV. – see green circle. Red circles indicate gulleys that “fill” very fast in a large storm and frankly you shouldn’t go near in a storm cycle... It wouldn’t surprise me if he was trapped in one of those locations. Two Poma triples serve that terrain…helped with the original surveys of these lifts in 1988…
Gulleys are to the left looking up in red dog lift images -http://www.skilifts.org/ca-squawvalley.htm
Red Dog “area” is a pretty big area at SV. – see green circle. Red circles indicate gulleys that “fill” very fast in a large storm and frankly you shouldn’t go near in a storm cycle... It wouldn’t surprise me if he was trapped in one of those locations. Two Poma triples serve that terrain…helped with the original surveys of these lifts in 1988…
Gulleys are to the left looking up in red dog lift images -http://www.skilifts.org/ca-squawvalley.htm
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Posted 26 December 2008 - 11:09 AM
On Thursday, two skier were reported missing from Mt. Rose, outside Reno.
Great news , they were found safe, but cold. Had been in contact with search n rescue via cell phone.
http://www.ktvn.com/...y.asp?S=9580144
Search Teams Find Two Skiers Missing Since 3 p.m.
Posted: Dec 25, 2008 07:13 PM CST
Kellene Stockwell
Channel 2 News
Washoe County Search and Rescue crew members have found two skiers who went missing Thursday afternoon near Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe.
The 20-year-old man and and 21-year-old woman went missing around 3pm Thursday after skiing at Mt. Rose's East Bowl. Searchers had been looking between there and Davis Creek.
Searchers had been in contact with the skiers for much of the afternoon and early evening.
"There's a very high avalanche danger in the back country so we're concerned not only for the safety of the two people but also for the searchers of course. So we're trying to figure out the best route and it looks like it's going to be a long night," says Randy Post with Washoe County Sheriff's Hasty Team.
Great news , they were found safe, but cold. Had been in contact with search n rescue via cell phone.
http://www.ktvn.com/...y.asp?S=9580144
Search Teams Find Two Skiers Missing Since 3 p.m.
Posted: Dec 25, 2008 07:13 PM CST
Kellene Stockwell
Channel 2 News
Washoe County Search and Rescue crew members have found two skiers who went missing Thursday afternoon near Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe.
The 20-year-old man and and 21-year-old woman went missing around 3pm Thursday after skiing at Mt. Rose's East Bowl. Searchers had been looking between there and Davis Creek.
Searchers had been in contact with the skiers for much of the afternoon and early evening.
"There's a very high avalanche danger in the back country so we're concerned not only for the safety of the two people but also for the searchers of course. So we're trying to figure out the best route and it looks like it's going to be a long night," says Randy Post with Washoe County Sheriff's Hasty Team.
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Posted 27 December 2008 - 07:19 AM
From local press - skiing in Poulsens gulley…separated from buddy... died of blunt force trauma from trees and avalanche debris…
Poulsens gulley runs almost from top to bottom, it’s a sharp “V” shaped gulley that has many trees, it receives easily triple amounts of snow from wind deposition, its not really considered a run due to its unfavorable terrain plus a long flat hike back to any lift.
Its named after the old ropetow hill that was located at the bottom of the gulley on the run-out debris fan (dirt avalanches)…which was named after Wayne Poulsen the original co-owner of Squaw Valley.
Blue is Red Dog lift line, Red is gulley.
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Poulsens gulley runs almost from top to bottom, it’s a sharp “V” shaped gulley that has many trees, it receives easily triple amounts of snow from wind deposition, its not really considered a run due to its unfavorable terrain plus a long flat hike back to any lift.
Its named after the old ropetow hill that was located at the bottom of the gulley on the run-out debris fan (dirt avalanches)…which was named after Wayne Poulsen the original co-owner of Squaw Valley.
Blue is Red Dog lift line, Red is gulley.
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If it is steep and there is "good powder" on it, be a skeptic, beacon, buddy, probe, shovel, know how and choose a safe line.
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