A snowboarder who “undercut a cliff area just sound of No Shadows couloir” got buried in an avalanche on Tuesday morning, December 7, 2010, according to a story in the Jackson Hole News & Guide.
[The snowboarder] was buried with only his fingers exposed in 15 feet of debris at the toe of the slab. The slab propagated up through a cliff area and into drifted snow beneath a cornice.The snowboarder, who was the fourth person to ride or ski the slope, survived with minor injuries.
Quick work by friends got the snowboarder freed. It always helps to ride with good people.
[Link: Jackson Hole News & Guide]
