I've been in situations like this before and it's not pretty. Once you know how much power and weight there is in snow you start to get super cautious in terrain like that. My palms got super sweaty as soon as I saw these ridges in the snow on the left right before the whole thing went down. Freaking scary
@@n1cot12 He said he's not ski patrol in another comment though. Doesn't mean you can't trigger before you run though, just less safe since you don't have the same access to resources as those guys.
Thought the exact same thing, man would immediately be drawn to that spot because it resembles a ski run. I immediately thought: "this looks dangerous".
Cool to see how far knowledge about conditions and dangers can go in avoiding accidents. If he hadn’t checked first but had taken a straight line down, no doubt he would’ve been in it.
That was a ski cut done perfectly. Notice that he stayed on top of the slope, just below the trees and had a place of safety to go to.. A very smart way to check a back country slope before you drop in.
I don't know a whole lot about backcountry skiing/snow conditions and avalanche danger, but is it wise to be out there in those conditions, should you wait til the avi danger is lower?
We have skied the same terrain for 25 years. We knew the danger was high. I stayed above any danger and was setting this off as part of our control work. This was the third slide on that aspect that I have intentionally triggered.
@Spencer Parkin it's his job and avalanche mitigation has that protocol for sure. This team was communicating awesomely so you can bet his partners weren't in the avalanche path.
Hey Adam, I'm working on a video for The Hill about avalanche detection and monitoring. Any chance I can use a section of your video with credit? Thanks!
Does not seem smart to be on that slope if it’s unstable and you know it. There are so many case studies of people doing this and they end up killing somebody who they did not know was below them. I think this was avoidable and negligent
This was control work. Just like crews go out and pry loose rocks off so unsuspecting motorists don't get crushed by rock falls, crews go out and intentionally trigger unstable slopes to protect backcountry enthusiasts. EDIT: I somewhat retract my statement. The poster says in another post that they are "Not ski patrol, we are just novice backcountry skiers". With that said, I hope they did their due diligence on who may have been below them.
So interesting. I just read a chapter of "Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain" about how all the friction of these slides can actually heat up the area around the fresh debris causing goggles to fog. Very cool to see it happen in your video as you rode overtop. Thanks for sharing.
Just cause they have radios and set off a slide does not make them professionals. They are not at or near a ski area. This seems kinda sketchy to me. Please be careful out there everyone.
This can easily bury you in 2 meters of snow, or slide you into terrain traps (trees, rocks,etc) which can easily kill you. Have you ever shoveled snow? If so you would understand how heavy snow really is. You have no control over your movement when sliding in an avalanche, it's like being in quick sand thats constantly shifting.
He’s a ski patroller doing ski cutting. Which is a form of avalanche control that doesn’t use bombs usually for smaller avalanche terrain like a level 1/2
@@dani5422 turns out he’s not a ski patroller just some amateur doing it for the fun I guess even though it’s extremely dangerous but what he was doing is the job of ski patrollers they do it after a snow dump to make it safer for skiers so they don’t come in contact with them. This guys just insanely stupid if he was lower on the slope he could have easily died
Hey Adam G, do you have an email address at which we could contact you regarding this video? We would be interested to discuss a license to use this video if this is generally possible? (i.e. via email) :) Cheers, Felix
Intentionally setting off Avalanches in the backcounty is a REALLY BAD idea on so many levels. Thanks for putting the community at risk. Pretty obvious to anyone who knows about Avy Mitigation work that this was going to fail and yet you still ski cut it instead of backing off.
Jeff Pierce Hold on there bucko, it’s pretty obvious this guy and his team are avalanche control techs and are doing their job. You should be thanking them for keeping the community safe on the mountain.
This is likely sidecountry, and he is setting off an avy so that it does not go off when it is endangering people, they close off that portion of the mountain and cut it to determine whether it is stable or set it off so it will not slide when people are there don’t be so negative
@@lovesskiingpow Are they? This was a bunch of backcountry yahoo', bucho. How do I know, because I do Avalanche Mitigation work for a living. These guys are a bunch of hacks.
@@n1cot12 If you believe this is "sidecountry" then you have ZERO clue about what Avalanche Mitigation professionals do and how they go about doing it. These guys are backcountry hacks who are setting these slides off because THEY believe they are making the backcountry "safe" for others. I have been doing Avalache Mitigation work for over 30 years now and these guys are clueless.
@@angusmcdugal1 I agree with you these guys are not using any of the correct language or basic safety precautions when ski cutting like working in pairs the ski cutting looked half arsed. I’m from New Zealand and I can’t understand why someone would put themselves in terrain they know is unsafe and purposely cut a slop
WHICH YOU ALL KNOW, THERE'S ALOT OF"YOUNGER GENERATION KIDS"OUT THERE,SNOWBOARDERS,SKIERS,RISK TAKERS,DARE DEVELS THAT WOULD OF JUST GONE FOR IT WITH OUT ANY THOUGHT AND WOULD OF THOUGHT,"YOU HAVE TO RISK IT,TAKE A CHANCE, BECAUSE IT'S RAD,COOL,THE GOING THING".AND IF YOU DON'T YOU WON'T FIT IN WITH THE GROUP BUT YOU COULD FIT IN WITH THE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ALL BARRIED AT THE LOCAL CEMETARY, YOU'LL FIT RIGHT IN WITH THEM, THERE'S ALWAYS PLENTY OF ROOM !
Anyone skiing, hiking, climbing or snowmobiling in the backcountry potentially faces avalanches and should take a course to know what to look for and how to lessen the risks.
While it's true that he's at fault of making the avalanche, the fact that those pile of snow is, just in my observation, on a verge on becoming something big... Big danger, if left as it is...
Ski patroller hard at work.!?! This slope should have been tested with explosives before ski cutting occur. Definitly Skier Accidental eventhough you intended to trigger the slide: when Avalanche size is bigger than Sz 2, it's accidental, not controlled. Good job to stay disciplined in your ski cut and stay above the fracture line.
@Spencer Parkin You are correct; but since the avalanche flow is downhill, it is the safer course, especially when travelling 'cross-slope'. There is never any guarantee; read the articles in the NY Times, especially the one about Tunnel Creek.
To anyone who thinks this isn't dangerous: 1. The camera doesn't do justice. 2. The avalanche swiftly breaks trees in half, imagine that being your body. 3. Almost all avalanches, you cannot get out of by yourself, or dig, and you usually die by your own air because there is no oxygen and it just creates CD.
Hello Dan, you seem wise...what he yelled is actually protocol and one of your top avalanche rules while doing this work. What he did was what is expected...for a reason. Thank you for your unsolicited point of view.
ever heard of hail cannons? from the bottom of the mountain they should shoot a vortex aiming at the top of the mountain to cause the avalanche to get it overwith before people go up to ski. this must had been a scary experience! if any mountains have artificial ramps they should make it hollow on one side so people can escape the avalanche by going under the ramps and let the avalanche pass. plus big hollow ramps would be a nice chillout spot.
A timbered slope like this the smaller gullies and valleys would be almost impossible to get to with launched projectiles from the bottom - also the bottom of an avalanche prone slope is mostly the worst the location to be if it triggers as it will get the maximum amount of force on it from the debris flow. Plus your suggestions are massively expensive, skiing is already a very expensive sport, on controlled slopes, I'd prefer safer and less expensive control measures. If it not safe to run 'trigger' operations like shown in this, dropping chargers from helicopters is usually the preferred method.
I mean even a 3 inch slide can kill you. You get under that snow and get buried u dont know what's up and down and suffocate to death. Or even if u dont get buried that snow has enough mass and get pick up enough velocity u can break a rib
2’ deep hard slab avalanche directly into a grove of trees....that’s not slough. Slough is cohesionless and relatively soft and is dangerous insofar as it can push people into or off of terrain hazards. That was clearly deep enough to bury a person, and also potentially just enough mass and large enough blocks to pulverize you as it carries you towards those mature trees. Not sure if you were making a joke or what, but that’s not slough by any definition.
Avalanches happen mostly between 30 to 50 angles so this hillside looks to be prime in middle (hence why the ski patrol were doing mitigation work on it). A timbered slope actually can be counter intuitive as a risk factor. The trucks do provide some 'hold' capacity to the snow building up and acting like anchor points, ie they prevent a smaller volume avalanche from triggering, but put enough load onto a shear zone in the snow layers underneath, the trucks no longer can hold the load back. Having a larger volume involved are more dangerous, especially since anyone caught in the debris flow obviously can get slammed against trunks further down. Skiing in a forest isn't free from avalanche risk.
The run is actually quite wide w/ very little anchoring going on. Notice it doesn't propagate much into the dense trees bordering the run. Any slop that has the gradient can slide.
@@m.3257 lol he knew what he was doing and no one was down there since there were no tracks and it wasn't a big enough avy to bury someone standing at the base on a flat surface. Usually if they are ski patrol, it's their job to cause avy's before they open the resort. Just imagine people getting stuck in those and die. Ski patrol usually will cause avalanches so there are no surprises. And no one's below since the resort is not yet open or that area is closed.
Depends on what just happened means... ya gotta make sure that another avalanche either higher on the mountain or deeper in the snow base is not going to happen and ya also wait for the snow to cool off. Weird right; wait for snow to cool? When an avalanche happens and the snow is moving down the hill, the friction of the snow bouncing against itself causes the snow to heat up and become soft, wet, and slushy. It could be like a huge slushy puddle which is why bigger avalanches flow like water. In bigger avies, if you aren't killed by the high pressure wave of air directly in front of the flowing snow, or by the mass of the snow itself, you could be trapped very close to the surface, but never escape because the snow freezes into a block of ice and you freeze or suffocate to death. Avalanches are no joke.
Jason T I asked because I caused a very minor one in Tahoe last season on the backside on one of the hills and although scary, was probably the best run Ive ever had. Always wondered if I should have traversed as far as possible away from the area I just destroyed.
@@gtownsurfcody the rule of thumb is: "The path of the slide is the path of your ride." Usually you don't traverse unless you absolutely have to. You're much less likely to trigger a second slide in the same spot, but it is possible so be careful. I moved from the E Coast to make Snowbird, UT my home mountain and have seen my fair share of accidents and tragedy. You have to respect and "know the snow." If you venture out for Backcountry or side-country skiing, then definitely take an Avalanche safety course. Even if you stay inbounds, it's still good to have the knowledge and not use it as opposed to not knowing when you need it.
In general...the path of the fresh avalanche is the safest path compare to the surrounding area because it already been triggered and any loading is now gone
@@finleybarlow6378 This is private land, over the last 25 years I’ve set off 4 slides on this same aspect by cutting it. I know it very well, I hike it in the summer I know where I can cut and be safe. We all had radios and I knew the other 4 people with me were out of the way. This was control work so the slope would be safer later in the season.
@@Adam__G have you taken any courses on avalanche risk management? There’s so many things wrong here. Doesn’t look like there’s another skier with eyes on, you may know the slope but that’s a dangerous mind set. You get comfortable you make mistakes or don’t implement mitigation actions to reduce risks
@@baseballcentral5355 I remember watching a longer video about ski patrols and avalanche search dogs and I think this was from there. Anyways glad everyone is ok.
1:02 - 1:04 listen for snapping of trees
Yea fam I heard that
It is a low loud cracking
@@lazecreed6180 true
"I SET THE WHOLE THING OFF" - wow...glad you guys were smart about the conditions back there and no one got caught in it...
Well it was done on purpose for safety reasons.
@@KandiKlover he literally said he wasn't trying to
@@cosmiccatnip5406 As in, he didn't "try" he "did"
@@cosmiccatnip5406 he wasn’t trying to set the whole thing off. He replied to other comments saying it was on purpose
@@cosmiccatnip5406 It's the fucking ski patrol you dumbass
I like his honesty. He admits he caused the avalanche. Lol
sounds more like bragging to me 😂
@@ChrisZ901 Sounds more like he tried to launch it because it was really unstable. If it was for that, oustanding job they did!
It's his job. My dream job
They sluff the thick dust off the crust so that unsuspecting people don't go for an unwanted ride.
someone had to ski cut the slope!
I've been in situations like this before and it's not pretty. Once you know how much power and weight there is in snow you start to get super cautious in terrain like that. My palms got super sweaty as soon as I saw these ridges in the snow on the left right before the whole thing went down. Freaking scary
He is used to it, bc it is his job but still super sketch
@@n1cot12 He said he's not ski patrol in another comment though. Doesn't mean you can't trigger before you run though, just less safe since you don't have the same access to resources as those guys.
@@jasonfrost5025 What?
Did your knees get weak? I hope you didn't have any of mom's spaghetti
Were your knees weak and your arms, were they heavy? I better hope you didn’t vomit on your sweater when you ate your moms spaghetti😭
He is for sure an expert...but he was playing on the edge of a knife...
Remember that some slopes are treeless for a reason. Wide open areas are often slide paths. Avalanches are so frequent that trees cannot grow there.
Thought the exact same thing, man would immediately be drawn to that spot because it resembles a ski run. I immediately thought: "this looks dangerous".
Cool to see how far knowledge about conditions and dangers can go in avoiding accidents. If he hadn’t checked first but had taken a straight line down, no doubt he would’ve been in it.
That was a ski cut done perfectly. Notice that he stayed on top of the slope, just below the trees and had a place of safety to go to.. A very smart way to check a back country slope before you drop in.
I don't know a whole lot about backcountry skiing/snow conditions and avalanche danger, but is it wise to be out there in those conditions, should you wait til the avi danger is lower?
We have skied the same terrain for 25 years. We knew the danger was high. I stayed above any danger and was setting this off as part of our control work. This was the third slide on that aspect that I have intentionally triggered.
Spencer Parkin since it’s his job to set these slides off I think he would know to ensure no one would get caught in it.
@Spencer Parkin it's his job and avalanche mitigation has that protocol for sure. This team was communicating awesomely so you can bet his partners weren't in the avalanche path.
The answer to your question is absolutely, yes. Where I live, we have several avy deaths a year, usually involving poor choices by individuals.
@Spencer Parkin he’s ski patrol so the run would be closed to the public while doing this stuff
I have never skied, and I have never been in or near an avalanche. Great job recommending this six-year-old video to me UA-cam AI!
Now have the balls to go, after watching this hahah
@@dididubalier2196 I grew up in the Uintah mountains and have seen too many legs in casts to ever be interested in skiing.
@@SingerGuy59 you grew up in the uintas but yet can't spell the name correctly?
Anyone here in 2021 from the recommendations
Hey Adam, I'm working on a video for The Hill about avalanche detection and monitoring. Any chance I can use a section of your video with credit? Thanks!
Yes, you may also want to reach out to the Utah Avalanche Center.
0:55 went all the way across the other side of the trees.. Damn!
1:00 you can see it actually broke higher than him, terrifying!
Does not seem smart to be on that slope if it’s unstable and you know it. There are so many case studies of people doing this and they end up killing somebody who they did not know was below them. I think this was avoidable and negligent
This was control work. Just like crews go out and pry loose rocks off so unsuspecting motorists don't get crushed by rock falls, crews go out and intentionally trigger unstable slopes to protect backcountry enthusiasts.
EDIT: I somewhat retract my statement. The poster says in another post that they are "Not ski patrol, we are just novice backcountry skiers". With that said, I hope they did their due diligence on who may have been below them.
@@JustMe-ug2cz That’s fair. I don’t have the full context
So interesting. I just read a chapter of "Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain" about how all the friction of these slides can actually heat up the area around the fresh debris causing goggles to fog. Very cool to see it happen in your video as you rode overtop. Thanks for sharing.
Very neat!!
Roses are red, violets are blue. The moment ur looking for is at 0:22
Nice video and commentary! Glad you were safe!
Just think how many he saved by yelling "avalanche get back".
@@wanttocommentify and out his ...a....
that stuff is like concrete once it stops.
Posted 5 years ago and now it’s in my recommendations 😂
WOAHHHHH
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
SO FUNNY BRO
IT WAS IN YOUR RECOMMENDATION?!?!?!
BROOOOO I JUST CANT STOP LAUGHING
@John Cena what? so it is funny is what you’re saying?
Just cause they have radios and set off a slide does not make them professionals. They are not at or near a ski area. This seems kinda sketchy to me. Please be careful out there everyone.
why do avalanches always looks like when an earthquake occurs in a natural disaster movie 💀
Groomed and fresh powder at the same time. Well done!
I know it’s dumb but I feel like I’d be able to survive that is this like a small avalanche?
I really want someone more knowledgeable to comment on this because I feel the same way
This can easily bury you in 2 meters of snow, or slide you into terrain traps (trees, rocks,etc) which can easily kill you. Have you ever shoveled snow? If so you would understand how heavy snow really is. You have no control over your movement when sliding in an avalanche, it's like being in quick sand thats constantly shifting.
@@itsgoretecks yea I get it now not really sure why I didnt think it looked as dangerous as it does now 2 years ago 😂
Really cool and scary at the same time
He cut across that whole face....the avalanche was just s matter of time!
Exactly.. it was his job to cause the avy
@@n1cot12 these guys aren’t ski patrollers
If it’s not stable then whytf are you riding it?
He’s a ski patroller doing ski cutting. Which is a form of avalanche control that doesn’t use bombs usually for smaller avalanche terrain like a level 1/2
@@finleybarlow6378 ohh thanks know makes sense hahahaa
@@dani5422 turns out he’s not a ski patroller just some amateur doing it for the fun I guess even though it’s extremely dangerous but what he was doing is the job of ski patrollers they do it after a snow dump to make it safer for skiers so they don’t come in contact with them. This guys just insanely stupid if he was lower on the slope he could have easily died
been caught in avalanches like this before, its pure drama, really no big deal at all
Hey Adam G, do you have an email address at which we could contact you regarding this video? We would be interested to discuss a license to use this video if this is generally possible? (i.e. via email) :) Cheers, Felix
Question, would throwing a large snowball down the slope start an avalanche when no one’s in harm’s way, kinda like those bombs?
In the Uintas, middle of nowhere, hours from any kind of emergency response, super remote wilderness.
Didn’t think this one through
Intentionally setting off Avalanches in the backcounty is a REALLY BAD idea on so many levels. Thanks for putting the community at risk. Pretty obvious to anyone who knows about Avy Mitigation work that this was going to fail and yet you still ski cut it instead of backing off.
Jeff Pierce Hold on there bucko, it’s pretty obvious this guy and his team are avalanche control techs and are doing their job. You should be thanking them for keeping the community safe on the mountain.
This is likely sidecountry, and he is setting off an avy so that it does not go off when it is endangering people, they close off that portion of the mountain and cut it to determine whether it is stable or set it off so it will not slide when people are there don’t be so negative
@@lovesskiingpow Are they? This was a bunch of backcountry yahoo', bucho. How do I know, because I do Avalanche Mitigation work for a living. These guys are a bunch of hacks.
@@n1cot12 If you believe this is "sidecountry" then you have ZERO clue about what Avalanche Mitigation professionals do and how they go about doing it. These guys are backcountry hacks who are setting these slides off because THEY believe they are making the backcountry "safe" for others. I have been doing Avalache Mitigation work for over 30 years now and these guys are clueless.
@@angusmcdugal1 I agree with you these guys are not using any of the correct language or basic safety precautions when ski cutting like working in pairs the ski cutting looked half arsed. I’m from New Zealand and I can’t understand why someone would put themselves in terrain they know is unsafe and purposely cut a slop
The audio on those radios is so bad and overmodulated what are you using GMRS bubble packs?
Please remember friends: gravity is not just a good idea...it's the law!
WHICH YOU ALL KNOW, THERE'S ALOT OF"YOUNGER GENERATION KIDS"OUT THERE,SNOWBOARDERS,SKIERS,RISK TAKERS,DARE DEVELS THAT WOULD OF JUST GONE FOR IT WITH OUT ANY THOUGHT AND WOULD OF THOUGHT,"YOU HAVE TO RISK IT,TAKE A CHANCE, BECAUSE IT'S RAD,COOL,THE GOING THING".AND IF YOU DON'T YOU WON'T FIT IN WITH THE GROUP BUT YOU COULD FIT IN WITH THE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ALL BARRIED AT THE LOCAL CEMETARY, YOU'LL FIT RIGHT IN WITH THEM, THERE'S ALWAYS PLENTY OF ROOM !
That is pretty intimidating. Never skied avalanche conditions, would not want to be caught unaware (whoa, powder!), not knowing what to look out for.
Anyone skiing, hiking, climbing or snowmobiling in the backcountry potentially faces avalanches and should take a course to know what to look for and how to lessen the risks.
While it's true that he's at fault of making the avalanche, the fact that those pile of snow is, just in my observation, on a verge on becoming something big... Big danger, if left as it is...
If that was me i would have went straight for that POW waaaaaay before it broke off.... 😅
traversing at top like that no wonder it triggered one in such conditions
Just to be clear, this is not a professional operation. Imagine ski patrol talking like that on radio lmao
He new it was going to go, He skied on top of the glide crack trying to get it to break away.
So many views but he didnt get paid for it
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“i’m on top of it” *looks back* “I’M NOT ON TOP OF IT”
What part of the Uintah’s was this in? Looks an awful lot like where I live!
In the grand scheme of it all, that was a pretty low key avalanche
Man, that was huge. Seriously dangerous shit.
Ski patroller hard at work.!?! This slope should have been tested with explosives before ski cutting occur. Definitly Skier Accidental eventhough you intended to trigger the slide: when Avalanche size is bigger than Sz 2, it's accidental, not controlled. Good job to stay disciplined in your ski cut and stay above the fracture line.
Not ski patrol, we are just novice backcountry skiers. I wish I had some explosives to test with!
Thanks for the precision Adam. Glad nobody got hurt.
Smart to keep the high/ridge line.
@Spencer Parkin You are correct; but since the avalanche flow is downhill, it is the safer course, especially when travelling 'cross-slope'. There is never any guarantee; read the articles in the NY Times, especially the one about Tunnel Creek.
To anyone who thinks this isn't dangerous:
1. The camera doesn't do justice.
2. The avalanche swiftly breaks trees in half, imagine that being your body.
3. Almost all avalanches, you cannot get out of by yourself, or dig, and you usually die by your own air because there is no oxygen and it just creates CD.
"Avalanche, stay back" you made the avalanche dude. Be safe
Hello Dan, you seem wise...what he yelled is actually protocol and one of your top avalanche rules while doing this work. What he did was what is expected...for a reason.
Thank you for your unsolicited point of view.
I think he knows that dude
How is the battery not dead in the cold haha
They should know better than to be out there
Playing a dangerous game they are.
Ooooh. That was a monster.
ever heard of hail cannons? from the bottom of the mountain they should shoot a vortex aiming at the top of the mountain to cause the avalanche to get it overwith before people go up to ski. this must had been a scary experience! if any mountains have artificial ramps they should make it hollow on one side so people can escape the avalanche by going under the ramps and let the avalanche pass. plus big hollow ramps would be a nice chillout spot.
A timbered slope like this the smaller gullies and valleys would be almost impossible to get to with launched projectiles from the bottom - also the bottom of an avalanche prone slope is mostly the worst the location to be if it triggers as it will get the maximum amount of force on it from the debris flow. Plus your suggestions are massively expensive, skiing is already a very expensive sport, on controlled slopes, I'd prefer safer and less expensive control measures. If it not safe to run 'trigger' operations like shown in this, dropping chargers from helicopters is usually the preferred method.
They have something like that in some places already. Remote controlled gas cannons that work the same way, they can use them without going up there.
For a second I thought this was the one that the snowmobiler filmed :o
Karma is a bitch
5,100th like :)
Lol I set the whole thing off
0:29 There is no one down there?
He meant for the people that are downground.
Sluff
I mean even a 3 inch slide can kill you. You get under that snow and get buried u dont know what's up and down and suffocate to death. Or even if u dont get buried that snow has enough mass and get pick up enough velocity u can break a rib
2’ deep hard slab avalanche directly into a grove of trees....that’s not slough. Slough is cohesionless and relatively soft and is dangerous insofar as it can push people into or off of terrain hazards.
That was clearly deep enough to bury a person, and also potentially just enough mass and large enough blocks to pulverize you as it carries you towards those mature trees.
Not sure if you were making a joke or what, but that’s not slough by any definition.
Legend has it that he still likes the comments
What’s resort is this?
See if he went straight down the hill it wouldn’t have happened...
Is that chalk or snow
@Bimmer Won must be where Escobar was buried.
@Bimmer Won Do you know what the street value of this mountain is?!
@@josephastier7421 Outrageous! I think I just froze the left half of my brain.
Amateur
What camera is that
haha
😤🤬
ski patrol?
Him: oh yeah that's not stable
Also Him: keeps on skiing
He stayed right on the ridge, which is the safe place to be. Gotta get out of there somehow, and that's the way to do it.
I live in Ogden Utah
Hi
I wouldn't have expected that kind of environment, especially with trees, to cause an avalanche
Avalanches happen mostly between 30 to 50 angles so this hillside looks to be prime in middle (hence why the ski patrol were doing mitigation work on it). A timbered slope actually can be counter intuitive as a risk factor. The trucks do provide some 'hold' capacity to the snow building up and acting like anchor points, ie they prevent a smaller volume avalanche from triggering, but put enough load onto a shear zone in the snow layers underneath, the trucks no longer can hold the load back. Having a larger volume involved are more dangerous, especially since anyone caught in the debris flow obviously can get slammed against trunks further down. Skiing in a forest isn't free from avalanche risk.
The run is actually quite wide w/ very little anchoring going on. Notice it doesn't propagate much into the dense trees bordering the run. Any slop that has the gradient can slide.
c est un touriste ce mec .
coupé comme ça la pente .
attention les copains j arrive. :-)
Where was that?
Wow that was so big!
Not really have you touched skis before?
This looks like a How To video on starting an avalanche.
That’s the point. He’s performing a ski cut, which is an intentional trigger of an avalanche in unstable terrain.
I would have been riding the crap outta that lol...it’s like catching a wave.
That’s a quick way to get seriously hurt my guy
Logan French been doing it for 20 years
@@soulwaves20000 I look forward to the GoPro footage
Logan French l don’t go to the alps anymore unfortunately
It's like riding a wave, except you can't make it to the surface once buried.
Thanks for doing what you do! You guys and gals rock!
You mean setting off avalanches that can be a danger to other people?
@@m.3257 in the long run it helps to mitigate larger avalanches. This was on purpose and done with professionals
@@m.3257 lol he knew what he was doing and no one was down there since there were no tracks and it wasn't a big enough avy to bury someone standing at the base on a flat surface. Usually if they are ski patrol, it's their job to cause avy's before they open the resort. Just imagine people getting stuck in those and die. Ski patrol usually will cause avalanches so there are no surprises. And no one's below since the resort is not yet open or that area is closed.
Never seen one in person
You don’t want to
Starfield Ryker
Sure I do, from a nice safe distance! 🤓
Happy to not be IN one!
T 25 thats fine
Stay back! lol
This so dangerous and scary.
It’s only scary to soft ass nigas like you
@@MichaelAMyers1957... And rude peoples like you...
Such a waste of fine looking powder :D
🙏👍
Luky man
Haha same
Snow test?
Gimme a shocka bra
🤙 braaa
This is scary
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Can you ski in a spot that just had an avalanche?
Depends on what just happened means... ya gotta make sure that another avalanche either higher on the mountain or deeper in the snow base is not going to happen and ya also wait for the snow to cool off. Weird right; wait for snow to cool? When an avalanche happens and the snow is moving down the hill, the friction of the snow bouncing against itself causes the snow to heat up and become soft, wet, and slushy. It could be like a huge slushy puddle which is why bigger avalanches flow like water. In bigger avies, if you aren't killed by the high pressure wave of air directly in front of the flowing snow, or by the mass of the snow itself, you could be trapped very close to the surface, but never escape because the snow freezes into a block of ice and you freeze or suffocate to death. Avalanches are no joke.
Jason T I asked because I caused a very minor one in Tahoe last season on the backside on one of the hills and although scary, was probably the best run Ive ever had. Always wondered if I should have traversed as far as possible away from the area I just destroyed.
@@gtownsurfcody the rule of thumb is: "The path of the slide is the path of your ride." Usually you don't traverse unless you absolutely have to. You're much less likely to trigger a second slide in the same spot, but it is possible so be careful. I moved from the E Coast to make Snowbird, UT my home mountain and have seen my fair share of accidents and tragedy. You have to respect and "know the snow." If you venture out for Backcountry or side-country skiing, then definitely take an Avalanche safety course. Even if you stay inbounds, it's still good to have the knowledge and not use it as opposed to not knowing when you need it.
In general...the path of the fresh avalanche is the safest path compare to the surrounding area because it already been triggered and any loading is now gone
@@j.thomas7128 Also, those inflatable avalanche backpack airbags will save your life.
I feel like this thing could happen anywhere, even if it seems safe
It’s called an avalanche and it does happen everywhere.
@@thebarnyard5633 Even in the deserts.
@@thebarnyard5633 Even in the ocean.
@@thebarnyard5633 Even in space.
Dang I was a smart ass 2 years ago 😂
Man, I don't think a horde of chatty 10 year old girls could have clogged that radio more than you all did.
is this ski patrol chatter?
It is not. We are amateurs...
@@Adam__G gotcha. sounded very much like the chatter of patrollers getting the resort ready in the morning.
@@Adam__G why on earth are you ski cutting on an aspect you know is unstable that’s completely irresponsible
@@finleybarlow6378 This is private land, over the last 25 years I’ve set off 4 slides on this same aspect by cutting it. I know it very well, I hike it in the summer I know where I can cut and be safe. We all had radios and I knew the other 4 people with me were out of the way. This was control work so the slope would be safer later in the season.
@@Adam__G have you taken any courses on avalanche risk management? There’s so many things wrong here. Doesn’t look like there’s another skier with eyes on, you may know the slope but that’s a dangerous mind set. You get comfortable you make mistakes or don’t implement mitigation actions to reduce risks
This is literally me and my friends on discord playing a game
He did that intentionally.
I would make a snow pit and do a compression and column test in the future, helps to tell the stability of the snow
These guys are ski patrols so it's ok, they were looking for trouble and found it. I remember watching the full story somewhere.
Kaloyan Bankov
These guys aren’t ski patrol.
@@baseballcentral5355 I remember watching a longer video about ski patrols and avalanche search dogs and I think this was from there. Anyways glad everyone is ok.
They are avalanche control techs. They intentionally set them off as part of their control work.
Good little avalanche. ive skiid through shit like that a couple times. Only its was behind me! Point your tips downhill and haul ass!
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