Price Avalanche + Rescue

[JasonG]

This week's installment of Slurpee Death, brought to you by Mount Shuksan..... tune in next Monday for the main event on the Coleman Headwall!

[Rad]

Wow. Lucky to survive that one.

Looks like a very quick rescue by the NPS.

 

[Jim]

F*&^!  You guys are damn lucky.    Could have been A VERY poor outcome

[JasonG]

Just to be clear, this is not me or anyone I know!  Just sent to me.....

[waterboy1368]

Wow glad they are ok and excellent that they shared it. Most wouldn't. Damn solar radiation. 

 

[bargainhunter]

Wonder if they had a sense that the snow was soft on the approach to the lower Nooksak Tower, BEFORE turning back from soft snow that dropped down to the Price Glacier? I could see anyone descending from the Tower late in the afternoon after the rappels to feel relieved to be back on the snowfield and just want to power down back to camp or car, unaware or too tired to care about the avalanche danger, and getting hit by a similar slide. Man, those guys were lucky. That's a long way to get dragged. Could have been much worse. Sobering example of spring slide potential. Thanks for posting!

[Kameron]

Definitely lucky, although it seems the decision to bail was the correct one. Thanks for the share

[olyclimber]

Damn!  But what was the price of this avalanche and rescue?   

[Rad]

"Ask me anything" - comments turned off for video. Guess they didn't like the armchair judgers

[Rad]

15 hours ago, olyclimber said:

Damn!  But what was the price of this avalanche and rescue?   

Pretty sure the NPS doesn't charge for rescues, so medical bills plus lost/broken gear. 

[OlympicMtnBoy]

Yeah, I know that feeling.  

[JasonG]

On 9/29/2021 at 6:08 PM, olyclimber said:

But what was the price of this avalanche and rescue?   

$900pp.  But it was only $300pp before all these supply chain disruptions.