minx Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 (edited) sad news from alpental we were in the valley at the time this happened. conditions were bad and we turned around about noon. be careful out there. just want to add my condolences to the family of the lost skier. Edited January 13, 2005 by minx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figger_Eight Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbclimber Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Anybody know what aspect this slope is on? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Cliffs to the skier's right of International. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwalling Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckaroo Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 That's sad. Rest in peace. Where are the International Cliffs? Alpental isn't even open because of low snow. Were these guys cross country skiers or downhillers that climbed up to ski? We were at the top of the big lift almost all day and didn't see any of this. Must have been a big wind load, most of the stuff we were on had the ground cover showing through. Just goes to show you can never be too careful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 sad peace to all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracked Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 AT skiers, like most Alpental locals. They open this weekend from what I heard. International cliffs are the cliffs at the top of the ski area, above the run Lower International (look it up on a trail map). The slide was pretty small, intial reports said 100 feet wide, 1 foot deep. Swept them into a terrain trap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drater Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 Windpack ontop of groppel ontop of large hoar crystals is what my patroller buddy up there said. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Crash Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Graupel as an underlayer sucks, and hoar underneath sure won't help stability! Be careful out there. drC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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