Let It Snow!!!! Winter Sports Thread
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A lot of people were breathing a big sigh of relief this week as the west finally started getting dumped on. Unfortunately a winter of blistering cold temperatures and heavy wind with no snow has created a very unstable base, which reacts poorly when you add over 1m of snow with a high water density on top of it. In the last few days, there have been many incidents, including a snowmobiler who was swept over a 1000ft cliff band in an avalanche and survived with no injuries (wtf). And wade Galloway, a tireless champion of split boarding, and the organizer of the extremely successful Canuck split fest in Rogers pass, which has raised avalanche awareness and funds for the canadian avalanche centre for the last 4 years. Wade passed away in an avalanche in Waterton national park on February 15. This photo is from orca bowl in fernie bc. A very popular and typically fairly safe area for ski touring. The slabs ripped out on fairly mellow slopes in typically well supported terrain. There was another avalanche yesterday that has not been properly photographed yet. It was classified as a size 4 (big enough to bury a small village) and it took out 200yr old old growth cedar, and ran to the bottom of the valley, where it it just started chugging up the other side before coming to rest. Nature is fucking petrifying.
For the uniniated eye, there are two main slides in this photo, the big centre one, and if you look carefully, from the right side of the picture, you can see the fracture line that runs halfway out the ridge line
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I hate it here
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That is beautiful, did I read Breckinridge in another thread?
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Yep!
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Is that Jeremy jones, forest shearer, Xavier de la rue or ryland bell ohighyo? Can't see it being too many other people
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A few buddies came to visit from Ontario this week, has been a good time
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Is that Jeremy jones, forest shearer, Xavier de la rue or ryland bell ohighyo? Can't see it being too many other people
Yeah. it's feckin crowded up there, but I think it's Jeremy…..
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If it was on the tgr page it'd be Jeremy for sure, from the looks of the mountain, probably from the Himalayas section of the upcoming higher film
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^Very nice, next year expect a visit from me for 7-10 days. I need to ski the alps. Only catch unlike your boss. I'll be sleeping on the couch.
