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Uintas Avalanche Tragedy

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 7:31 am
by Nelson
Our run towards a fatality free year in Utah ended in tragedy yesterday when a family on an outing broke off a cornice and two children were buried and killed in the ensuing avalanche. The report is on this link: http://utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanch ... ill-hollow" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It is painful to pick lessons out of such a tragedy but there are a couple of points to keep in mind:

1) Respect cornices and give them a wide area of caution. They can start much sooner than you expect and they are deadly.

2) Micro climates exist. You can be in a benign general avalanche condition but a much different micro climate condition.

Keep your guard up and stay safe.

Re: Uintas Avalanche Tragedy

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:10 am
by rking007
So so tragic. Hope this family is able to pull through this.

Re: Uintas Avalanche Tragedy

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:33 am
by AndYouSeeMe
RIP to those beautiful kids :( This breaks my heart.

Re: Uintas Avalanche Tragedy

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:50 am
by TallGrass
Video at 1:54 is worth a thousand words.

Re: Uintas Avalanche Tragedy

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:01 am
by phlakin
So tragic. Makes me sick for these parents and their entire family. Prayers to all of them.

Re: Uintas Avalanche Tragedy

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:23 am
by summitstep
Between this and the loss of a father and two sons hiking in missouri, its been a devastating week. Prayers for all. It's not supposed to be this way, and they have to move on lessened by it all. Heartbreaking.