scary little avalanche caught on my gopro

[boondocker155]

Bring on the name calling I guess. Just posting this as an advisory

http://youtu.be/0wxtHzefHlA
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[capulin overdrive]

Hopefully you'll remember it for a good while.


Thanks for posting, doesn't hurt to keep us thinking.

 

[christopher]

I prefer my avalanches to be on shallow slopes and SLOW moving!!

 

[Bocephus]

after your azzhole muscles relax, crank up the quality on that gopro!

 

[bobback]

That didn't even look like that much of a slope? Granted can be hard to tell from a vid.

 

[89sandman]

Were you able to ride out or were you stuck afterwards?

 

[boondocker155]

It was definitely steeper than it looked. I was stuck. And in a hurry to get out! The whole seat and tunnel was buried

 

[Ace Freely]

Where at? What was the avy rating?

Ace

 

[boondocker155]

It was in gaurdsmans pass, utah. Avy danger was high that day. Its not too surprising that it slid, Im just glad it didn't break any bigger.

 

[mn.nytronut]

Did it catch up to your buddy that was below you?

 

[2Thetopp]

Just posting this as an advisory

Glad you and your buddy were safe, but. Avy danger was high that day. Its not too surprising that it slid, Im just glad it didn't break any bigger. It was definitely steeper than it looked. I was stuck. Enough said, and you said it yourself! Ride smart, live to ride another day.

 

[Ace Freely]

It was in gaurdsmans pass, utah. Avy danger was high that day. Its not too surprising that it slid, Im just glad it didn't break any bigger.

... what would you estimate the slope angle to be at?

Ace

 

[Mort2112]

This video kept me of a bunch of places I really, really wanted to climb. Some other time.

 

[boondocker155]

It kind of stopped after it went throught those trees and he was out of the way. We were being super cautious all day and looking back, that hill was careless/dumb to play on. I'd say it was steeper than 35 degrees. It's hard to say. I'm glad the video made some think twice. The greatest clue to avalanches is other avalanches.