Early Tuesday morning it appears that Mammoth Mountain’s Dragon’s Tail slid and took patroller Corey Denton for a 1,000 foot ride, according to the LA Times.
Denton and another patroller were ski-cutting, or using their skis to trigger avalanches in preparation for the opening of that portion of terrain to skiers and snowboarders. . . . The snow broke loose above Denton, however, and took him on a 1,000-foot ride down the slope. He managed to keep his head above the snow but at some point slammed into a tree.
His partner watched Denton the whole way and got him to the hospital where it turned out he only had a couple cracked ribs. Only?
[Link: LA Times]
digging pits in utah yesterday was scary-worst i’ve seen it in over twelve years. what was even more scary were the two idiot pin-ers lapping the coal chutes bowl (the chutes had releases on them). dumb and dumber.
http://www.kutv.com/content/news/local/story/Sister-Of-Woman-Killed-In-Snowbird-Avalanche/fFCCyY2V-0SISrK_LwNZeQ.cspx
http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/JustOneThing/story?id=6478554&page=1
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