philfort Posted January 25, 2002 Posted January 25, 2002 From today's avalanche forecast: "A pair of ski tourers who unbelievably decided to camp at Source Lake near Snoqualmie Pass on Thursday had their camp buried by an avalanche late Thursday but apparently escaped unharmed." Quote
hikerwa Posted January 25, 2002 Posted January 25, 2002 Wow, I wouldn't have thought that those slopes around Source would slide? Quote
Bronco Posted January 25, 2002 Posted January 25, 2002 Last Thursday the hill up to Chair from Source Lake was covered with fresh avvy debris. I'm with Philfart, not too smart. Lucky guys though. I'm glad I have never ever done anything stupid. Well, maybe once. [ 01-25-2002: Message edited by: Bronco ] Quote
philfort Posted January 25, 2002 Author Posted January 25, 2002 Hikerwa, I sure hope that was a joke, for your sake. There aren't any trees around half of Source Lake. The south end of the lake, and quite far beyond, also has huge piles of broken trees from avalanches that have crossed the lake. Considering the avie danger was high to extreme (natural avalanches certain), not a good place to be. Who knows the whole story though, maybe they were off in the trees on the 'safe' side of the lake, and got hit by a small sluff... Quote
Rafael_H Posted January 25, 2002 Posted January 25, 2002 Phil, where did you get today's avy forecast, forgive me for ignorance? Thanks! Quote
chris_w Posted January 25, 2002 Posted January 25, 2002 You can get the avy report athttp://www.seawfo.noaa.gov/products/SABSEA It's a good link to bookmark Quote
Rafael_H Posted January 25, 2002 Posted January 25, 2002 quote: Originally posted by chris_w: You can get the avy report at http://www.seawfo.noaa.gov/products/SABSEA... Great, thank you! Quote
hikerwa Posted January 25, 2002 Posted January 25, 2002 Yeah, I was just kiddin'. Those guys were very, very lucky. Quote
hikerwa Posted January 25, 2002 Posted January 25, 2002 And futhermore, If they would have walked another half mile and they would have been to the car. What were they camping there for anyway, were looking to get an alpine start to the tooth???? Quote
coyote Posted January 25, 2002 Posted January 25, 2002 Thanks for the link....Do they have an avalanche link in San Diego?? Oh, that's right, it's too damn hot down here for snow...nevermind Quote
Jason_Martin Posted January 25, 2002 Posted January 25, 2002 In 1996 two college aged climbers were killed in the Source Lake Cirque. Jason Quote
crazyjizzy Posted January 26, 2002 Posted January 26, 2002 And in 1975, two famalies snow camping at Source Lake were hammered by an avalanche, and at least two of the kids died. Quote
Alex Posted January 26, 2002 Posted January 26, 2002 Dan Smith and I were above Source Lake a few years back and nearly got snuffed by an extremely large slide. It was so unbelievable, we both just stood there and gaped as the entire mountain seemingly roared past us like a freight train, only a few feet away. Truly dangerous place. Alex Quote
jon Posted January 26, 2002 Posted January 26, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Jason Martin: In 1996 two college aged climbers were killed in the Source Lake Cirque.Jason I remember those guys from SAR training way back when, pretty darn sad. Quote
admin Posted January 26, 2002 Posted January 26, 2002 i also heard that a kid got toasted while skiing out of bounds near alpental is this true? my unreliable source said he went off a cliff or somthing Quote
al Posted January 26, 2002 Posted January 26, 2002 I've seen people bivy on the little rise just south of the lake. I don't know exactly where these guys were. The other winter a slide off Bryant came down right to the lake. It's track was about 5' deep and 40' wide. Like a freight train. That place is got to be the worst bowl in the Snoqual. area. Quote
icegirl Posted January 26, 2002 Posted January 26, 2002 Yeah, last Monday I think, 16yo kid caught an edge while snowbording out of bounds off a 30-40' cliff. Had a helmet, but reports say he landed hard, head first, probably broke his neck. Guess he was DRT (dead right there) We were just leaving when the ambulance was pulling in. Bummer. Caught it on the news when I got home... Quote
CascadeClimber Posted January 26, 2002 Posted January 26, 2002 I heard through the grapevine that he survived the fall, but landed head first and suffocated. Either way, it's a bummer. Quote
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