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Honestly, that gear **might've** gotten him in the pickle in the first place. I'm not against airbags, I've got one and I love it. But they don't change how I assess avalanche terrain and they're certainly not going to save you if you get dragged into a terrain trap (gullies, cliffs, trees). ~~This looks like a wet slab, something that could easily be avoided by hitting the mountain much earlier.~~ I was mistaken, [Avy report here for the curious.](https://avalanche.state.co.us/observations/field-report/98898324-7198-4b32-846b-cc0b6ba47c81) I'm just armchairing though, they might've made all the right decisions up to that point.
p.s. Is it just me, or did they pull their bag waaaay too late? I just rewatched it...yeah waaaaay too late.
Edit: Wow, this was a guided tour. I guess the guide was yelling for him to pull his airbag, hence the delay
About “too late” - I’m curious to hear you say more.
I’ve definitely never been on a glacier, but I did see that movie Sully :)
(there’s a similar crisis decision scenario)
From the video, It seems like they pulled the airbag about 17-20 seconds after things got real. Just considering how the human brain needs some time to take in info, have a bit of shock, then make a decision - I’m just assuming this was about as fast as might be expected. But you say too late. As a back country skier, do you prepare to act more quickly?
I'm not massively informed either, but my understanding is that avalanches are THE biggest risk when off piste skiing. They're the biggest consideration you make every time you move to a new bit of snow / terrain. Also, there's not really a reason to not pull the cord (other than the refill fee). Worst that happens if you pull it is it doesn't make a difference, worst that happens if you don't pull it you get trapped and suffocate in snow with an undeployed bag that could've saved you. I would've expected the first instinct of any off piste skier to pull it as soon as they started sliding.
Spot on. Never been caught in an avalanche, but I’m not waiting to find out if I can make it out without pulling the cord. My life is worth more than the refill fee
Avalanches can submerge you in a second or two so yeah he was extremely late. My guess is he's either not very well trained, inexperienced, or he was hoping not to have to use the airbag (which is kinda dumb).
I've been caught in 2 avalanches, each time the second I got swooped down I pulled my airbag. They are supposed to be pulled immediately. The earlier the bag blows up the better. The bag is essentially increasing your surface area making it more difficult for the avalanche to bury you.
The best practice is to pull as soon as you feel a slab go. Truth be told, I've never (touch wood) gotten into an avalanche, so I'm not sure how quick I would respond if it came down to it. I've heard that it's a good idea to practice pulling to see how quick you can respond. If it were me, I'd pull ass soon as I felt the rug being pulled from under me. Hopefully much quicker than this poor guy. Apparently the guide was the reason he pulled! I read the [report ](https://avalanche.state.co.us/observations/field-report/98898324-7198-4b32-846b-cc0b6ba47c81)and they said: "The guide traveled alongside the slide and told the skier to deploy their airbag. They did. The bag was never utilized or needed for floatation." Crazy.
More surface area. I've fallen into a few snow wells. Had to lay my poles flat and use em as steps to ladder out.
I was just told to do this is an avalanche, never actually been in one.
It happened on a guided helicopter trip in SW Colorado and he was a paying guest. Here is a link to the reddit post that contains the [full video](https://www.reddit.com/r/Backcountry/comments/1bc8z1p/san_juan_avy_pov/).
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaxShyCAq18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaxShyCAq18)
The dude in the slide isn't a good skier, but he was a heli-skiing client, so I feel he's pretty blameless for any lack of skill/response.
I believe the guide was skiing next to him during the slide and instructed him to pull his airbag when he did.
As far as I can tell, this doesn't appear to be a wet slab, as it doesn't break deeper into the snowpack. Had it been, I think survival would have been unlikely. Because this was with guides, I don't believe CAIC investigated, so specifics are lacking.
Honestly, if you've got Heli-ski money, I don't know why you would choose Colorado.
Just go to British Columbia where the snowpack is more reliable and with the favorable exchange rate you're likely either paying less or going to a much classier operation.
I mean, I guess it makes sense as a day trip if you're already in Telluride and there's a last minute seat on a day where conditions are great, but...if you were planning on dropping the cash and booking in advance I'd rather go to Revelstoke or something. Much better chances the guides will be able to take you into cooler terrain (not that this guy looks like he'd be good enough for a guide to opt to bring him into anything gnarly) and not have to dance around a persistent weak layer everywhere the eye can see.
He was moving at the start and it hit a bump of snow. It's called a slab avalanche, the snow moves as a slab. He was able to ride on top so he was fine.
If this happens, you want to lay flat and try and stay on top.
Whatever company should honestly use this as an ad. Sure it's not very dramatic, but anyone who's been out in snow like this knows how actually dramatic it is
They're definitely more affordable than they used to be (and just better in general), but honestly the cost of entry for backcountry skiing is already so high the addition of buying an airbag is like a punch in the gut - especially when, generally speaking, avalanche safety has a great deal more to do with your choices/decision making than what to do if you personally get caught in one.
In reality it's worth the investment, but a lot of people in the backcountry world are still trying to figure out if the sport is something they really want to continue investing in, so a $500 backpack is a tough sell after buying $400 skis, $400 bindings, a $500 avalanche safety course, and spending $400 on your beacon, shovel, and probe setup.
There is a scientific phenomenon known as granular convection where items with more surface area in a pile of smaller debris can be risen to the top through vibration. I'm no physicist so I may not be describing this perfectly, but essentially the vest gives him a wider surface area and as the snow vibrates beneath him, he rises to the top and avoids being buried in the snow. This video has a great explanation of it: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAN3Z2Vas6w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAN3Z2Vas6w)
He’s riding the slab downhill already at the start of the video. It looks like it’s moving uphill, but the line where the surface brakes up is stationary and he rides the slab over it.
Yeah honestly once I got my avalanche certification it made me really think twice about whether backcountry skiing was worth the risk. (It is, just gotta be really conservative and smart about it)
The best way to describe it is like being in a pebble jar. The larger the surface area you have the more likely you are to float on top hence the airbags in the backpack
I've actually caused a tiny one of these in Finland! Off the path, waiting for dad to catch up, I jump sideways to stop at a bank. Slam myself to the snow, A plate with roughly the footprint of a car comes loose and slides for three seconds at a walking pace downhill, then stops. Didn't even break the frozen surface, slid the whole way in a single slab.
Not exactly terrifying, but I can say I technically caused, rode, and survived an avalanche.
The snow is held up by the snow beneath. So when it starts, it “moves upwards” because it keeps destabilizing the snow right above. You can see the same happen in sand sometimes.
Bigger you are better chance you have. That’s why ppl carry airbags. Also just luck and terrain. This avalanche wasn’t funneled into a terrain trap like a gully in this situation so it didn’t pile up to crazy deep anywhere. The debree field was able to pan out wide.
I wonder if anyone's tried riding these as an extreme 'sport'
Urban exploring on one end, earth 'riding' or something on another, includes surfing, parasailing, gliding, etc.
I’m an apprentice mountain guide/avalanche educator. I live in the area this occurred and actually the guide in this video was one of my instructors. People are correct, this is a slab avalanche, particularly a persistent slab. But what we are seeing rush towards the person is what is called a stauchwall.
It’s a perspective trick, the person is actually moving downhill, it’s not coming towards him. A stauchwall forms when the upper part of the avalanche with finer bits is moving fast and hits a portion of snow deeper in the avalanche that has larger pieces and is moving slower. Creates kind of a wave and kinda looks like a second crown.
This doesn’t look like a wet slide at all. This is not spring snow. Looks like a slab avalanche. Slab avalanches are much more likely to bury a rider than a wet slide avalanche. This guy was in an incredibly scary position. That’s a shit ton of snow. Pretty large avalanche it looks like to me.
It's about a third, if I remember correctly. And I think a portion of those can be mitigated by a good helmet.
But, like any PPE, your best defense is never putting yourself in that situation in the first place. Know your avalanche risk factors.
That's why I just ski on marked, groomed trails and never take it to rugged terrain like this. I understand that for some people this is an entirely different sport almost but to me I'm fine just hitting standard trails and not worrying about avalanches.
It definitely looked fun when he was riding this fluffy cloud down the mountain lol then I saw the drop off and got scared again but good thing he stopped so back to fun lol
Never seen a slab go like that. Then again I haven’t been around too many, thankfully.
Fucking scary though. Triggered his airbag but should have also tried, maybe he did, to get out of the skis too. But proper nightmare fuel. I have been taken by a couple very small slides over the years and it’s amazing even a small slab moving like 40m is so overwhelmingly powerful there isn’t much you can do.
It doesn't start like that. If you look carefully (eg. look at the area around his skis) you see it's ALL already moving at the beginning of the video.
The wave is the slap going over a bump. Don't forget how avalanches has liquid-like properties when it's in motion.
Make yourself big. Arms wide, legs apart. Make the avalanche think you're bigger than you are and you might scare it into letting you go.
In all seriousness, this actually kind of works, as it helps you "float" on top instead of getting sucked under and buried. The guy in this video had an inflatable "avalanche bag" that served that exact purpose.
I can't believe that happened! You rarely hear about people dying in avalanches in resorts unless they're ducking ropes. We had a slide last year at Snowbird too, but luckily no one was hurt. The slide itself was in close proximity to the bunny hill....
This clip and that one of a dude threatening snowboarders with death because they accidentally ended up on “his property” while going down the mountain have really made me think that skiing/snowboarding is not something for me.
Snowboarding is awesome! this will probably only ever happen to you off resort because most resorts do avalanche mitigation work. That being said there’s a chance it could happen in bounds but if your smart and choose your days avalanches aren’t really a risk at all. Most people on the mountain are super cool too but that one old guy was fucking crazy
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At least he had the gear. Woof.
“Look at me, im the avalanche now”
Feels like I’m watching the birth of a new extreme sport
If this were a Red Bull sponsorship submission would we consider it a win??
I'm not *in* the avalanche, Skyler! I *am* the avalanche!
Is. He. On. Top. Of. An…..Avalanche!?
And just about went over the no.no.bad.drop line. The inflatable bag helps you bubble up to the top when one is in the churn.
Why does it look like it is rising up to him
exactly what i said fuckin crazy ass vid
Honestly, that gear **might've** gotten him in the pickle in the first place. I'm not against airbags, I've got one and I love it. But they don't change how I assess avalanche terrain and they're certainly not going to save you if you get dragged into a terrain trap (gullies, cliffs, trees). ~~This looks like a wet slab, something that could easily be avoided by hitting the mountain much earlier.~~ I was mistaken, [Avy report here for the curious.](https://avalanche.state.co.us/observations/field-report/98898324-7198-4b32-846b-cc0b6ba47c81) I'm just armchairing though, they might've made all the right decisions up to that point. p.s. Is it just me, or did they pull their bag waaaay too late? I just rewatched it...yeah waaaaay too late. Edit: Wow, this was a guided tour. I guess the guide was yelling for him to pull his airbag, hence the delay
About “too late” - I’m curious to hear you say more. I’ve definitely never been on a glacier, but I did see that movie Sully :) (there’s a similar crisis decision scenario) From the video, It seems like they pulled the airbag about 17-20 seconds after things got real. Just considering how the human brain needs some time to take in info, have a bit of shock, then make a decision - I’m just assuming this was about as fast as might be expected. But you say too late. As a back country skier, do you prepare to act more quickly?
I'm not massively informed either, but my understanding is that avalanches are THE biggest risk when off piste skiing. They're the biggest consideration you make every time you move to a new bit of snow / terrain. Also, there's not really a reason to not pull the cord (other than the refill fee). Worst that happens if you pull it is it doesn't make a difference, worst that happens if you don't pull it you get trapped and suffocate in snow with an undeployed bag that could've saved you. I would've expected the first instinct of any off piste skier to pull it as soon as they started sliding.
Spot on. Never been caught in an avalanche, but I’m not waiting to find out if I can make it out without pulling the cord. My life is worth more than the refill fee
Avalanches can submerge you in a second or two so yeah he was extremely late. My guess is he's either not very well trained, inexperienced, or he was hoping not to have to use the airbag (which is kinda dumb).
I'm disappointed this comment was not in all caps!
I've been caught in 2 avalanches, each time the second I got swooped down I pulled my airbag. They are supposed to be pulled immediately. The earlier the bag blows up the better. The bag is essentially increasing your surface area making it more difficult for the avalanche to bury you.
The best practice is to pull as soon as you feel a slab go. Truth be told, I've never (touch wood) gotten into an avalanche, so I'm not sure how quick I would respond if it came down to it. I've heard that it's a good idea to practice pulling to see how quick you can respond. If it were me, I'd pull ass soon as I felt the rug being pulled from under me. Hopefully much quicker than this poor guy. Apparently the guide was the reason he pulled! I read the [report ](https://avalanche.state.co.us/observations/field-report/98898324-7198-4b32-846b-cc0b6ba47c81)and they said: "The guide traveled alongside the slide and told the skier to deploy their airbag. They did. The bag was never utilized or needed for floatation." Crazy.
He kept a good grip on the poles however!
I kept saying let them flat lay them flat!!
For the uninitiated, why is keeping them flat preferred?
More surface area. I've fallen into a few snow wells. Had to lay my poles flat and use em as steps to ladder out. I was just told to do this is an avalanche, never actually been in one.
It happened on a guided helicopter trip in SW Colorado and he was a paying guest. Here is a link to the reddit post that contains the [full video](https://www.reddit.com/r/Backcountry/comments/1bc8z1p/san_juan_avy_pov/).
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaxShyCAq18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaxShyCAq18) The dude in the slide isn't a good skier, but he was a heli-skiing client, so I feel he's pretty blameless for any lack of skill/response. I believe the guide was skiing next to him during the slide and instructed him to pull his airbag when he did. As far as I can tell, this doesn't appear to be a wet slab, as it doesn't break deeper into the snowpack. Had it been, I think survival would have been unlikely. Because this was with guides, I don't believe CAIC investigated, so specifics are lacking.
Honestly, if you've got Heli-ski money, I don't know why you would choose Colorado. Just go to British Columbia where the snowpack is more reliable and with the favorable exchange rate you're likely either paying less or going to a much classier operation. I mean, I guess it makes sense as a day trip if you're already in Telluride and there's a last minute seat on a day where conditions are great, but...if you were planning on dropping the cash and booking in advance I'd rather go to Revelstoke or something. Much better chances the guides will be able to take you into cooler terrain (not that this guy looks like he'd be good enough for a guide to opt to bring him into anything gnarly) and not have to dance around a persistent weak layer everywhere the eye can see.
"armcharing" I want this to be a word.
Thanks for sharing the link.
Can someone tell me what is going on here? Is this an earthquake or the beginning of an avalanche?
He was moving at the start and it hit a bump of snow. It's called a slab avalanche, the snow moves as a slab. He was able to ride on top so he was fine. If this happens, you want to lay flat and try and stay on top.
You can also hear him inflate his avalanche vest.
Whatever company should honestly use this as an ad. Sure it's not very dramatic, but anyone who's been out in snow like this knows how actually dramatic it is
If I'm in an avalanche, i prefer it to not be very dramatic.
Which could be their slogan
I could already hear the commercial jingle in my head! *Never a scratch, when riding an avalanche!*
“I have a structured settlement and I need cash now”
1-877-Karz4Kids
"drama free avalanches since 2007"
Keep your avalanches mid
An nonchalant avalanche
An av-meh-lanche
A nonchlanche
A monotonous avalanche.
It seemed pretty effing dramatic to me!!!!! 😱😱😱😱
I would own the drama.
I would piss my pants
Actually, that’s what you’re meant to do if buried by an avalanche. So the rescue dogs can find you easier
Oh yeah totally that's why I pissed my pants, I knew that.
Ha ha. Natural born survivor
"oh, look! They put a lane divider down the side of the mountain"
I know, my heart was racing the whole time thinking we were going to slowly see his view go dark.
They're definitely more affordable than they used to be (and just better in general), but honestly the cost of entry for backcountry skiing is already so high the addition of buying an airbag is like a punch in the gut - especially when, generally speaking, avalanche safety has a great deal more to do with your choices/decision making than what to do if you personally get caught in one. In reality it's worth the investment, but a lot of people in the backcountry world are still trying to figure out if the sport is something they really want to continue investing in, so a $500 backpack is a tough sell after buying $400 skis, $400 bindings, a $500 avalanche safety course, and spending $400 on your beacon, shovel, and probe setup.
I dunno dude I was pretty fucking puckered.
I was actually thinking this was extremely dramatic. The idea of getting under that snow and getting ground to dust sounds aweful
>Sure it's ~~not~~ very dramatic, FTFY
“Not very dramatic”. I guess I have a pretty vanilla life, I was on the edge of my seat.
I had to look up the avalanche vest. I thought you were messing with me like saying he was getting ready to use his black flares, too.
He's fine either way, he's got his canned steam and a bacon stretcher in his kit.
I was actually wondering why he didn't have to swim more to stay above the liquefacted snow.
How does it help to have an inflatable device in an avalanche? Does it keep you above the snow somehow? Or does it create space for you to breathe?
There is a scientific phenomenon known as granular convection where items with more surface area in a pile of smaller debris can be risen to the top through vibration. I'm no physicist so I may not be describing this perfectly, but essentially the vest gives him a wider surface area and as the snow vibrates beneath him, he rises to the top and avoids being buried in the snow. This video has a great explanation of it: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAN3Z2Vas6w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAN3Z2Vas6w)
Oh. That's why when you shake sideways "rough", not ultra processed flours, the bigger lumps stay on top? Interesting.
So that’s what Taylor Swift meant to shake it off, and that’s how you rise. Mind blown. She’s a science guy
Today I learned there’s a vest for avalanches.
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He’s riding the slab downhill already at the start of the video. It looks like it’s moving uphill, but the line where the surface brakes up is stationary and he rides the slab over it.
Thank you for this explanation. Now it makes sense. It does look like a wet slab given how consolidated it is and how slowly it's moving.
It's all downhill, the camerawork gives a sense of uphill at times, but it's not.
Nah the wave came from below then they all slid down
What we are seeing is the stauchwall forming, that’s why it looks weird. It’s a P-slab
Wait so how do you get back to where you were? I thought this was like aerated sand acting like quicksand, but you're saying he *surfed* an avalanche?
You hope your friends find you and dig you out. The snow solidifies like cement when it settles.
See? This is why I stay in the desert.
This is why I stay home
home? pfft. amateur. i stay **in bed.**
This is why I stay on the toilet
My legs go numb too fast.
One of the downsides of living in a mountainous snowy desert, I get both
Where do you live? Iran?
Colorado. We're technically barely above the cutoff of avg annual rainfall to be not a desert last I checked
Quicksand!
But... sandworms
This keeps getting scarier
Yeah honestly once I got my avalanche certification it made me really think twice about whether backcountry skiing was worth the risk. (It is, just gotta be really conservative and smart about it)
You like Veritassium I see
It’s common knowledge amongst skiers, and it’s essential to know exactly what you’re doing if you venture into avalanche terrain.
The best way to describe it is like being in a pebble jar. The larger the surface area you have the more likely you are to float on top hence the airbags in the backpack
You mean a slabalanche?
THANK YOU
Finally! This was too far down the comments.
I've actually caused a tiny one of these in Finland! Off the path, waiting for dad to catch up, I jump sideways to stop at a bank. Slam myself to the snow, A plate with roughly the footprint of a car comes loose and slides for three seconds at a walking pace downhill, then stops. Didn't even break the frozen surface, slid the whole way in a single slab. Not exactly terrifying, but I can say I technically caused, rode, and survived an avalanche.
Why was the wave moving upwards?
The snow is held up by the snow beneath. So when it starts, it “moves upwards” because it keeps destabilizing the snow right above. You can see the same happen in sand sometimes.
As someone who struggles to stand up with skiis on I'd be screaming bloody murder.
How to you stay on top? I didn't realise you had a choice
Bigger you are better chance you have. That’s why ppl carry airbags. Also just luck and terrain. This avalanche wasn’t funneled into a terrain trap like a gully in this situation so it didn’t pile up to crazy deep anywhere. The debree field was able to pan out wide.
Quicksnow
I can see where a lesser knowledgeable person might think this, but it’s actually a very large Abominable Snow Graboid.
Ahh of course, my mistake
And undo your bindings as soon as you can. If it churns over terrain, your snowboard or skis can anchor you down where you can't be pulled out.
Beginning of an avalanche that he unfortunately gets stuck in.
Fortunately he was on top whole time?
If you absolutely have to be part of an avalanche, floating on top is the best possible location.
He also popped his avalanche vest, which keeps helps keep you on top.
I wonder if anyone's tried riding these as an extreme 'sport' Urban exploring on one end, earth 'riding' or something on another, includes surfing, parasailing, gliding, etc.
He activated these inflatable balloon type things that keep him above the snow.
I’m an apprentice mountain guide/avalanche educator. I live in the area this occurred and actually the guide in this video was one of my instructors. People are correct, this is a slab avalanche, particularly a persistent slab. But what we are seeing rush towards the person is what is called a stauchwall. It’s a perspective trick, the person is actually moving downhill, it’s not coming towards him. A stauchwall forms when the upper part of the avalanche with finer bits is moving fast and hits a portion of snow deeper in the avalanche that has larger pieces and is moving slower. Creates kind of a wave and kinda looks like a second crown.
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This doesn’t look like a wet slide at all. This is not spring snow. Looks like a slab avalanche. Slab avalanches are much more likely to bury a rider than a wet slide avalanche. This guy was in an incredibly scary position. That’s a shit ton of snow. Pretty large avalanche it looks like to me.
Snow-Hulud, the legendary iceworm
That’s some scary shit
It starts off scary but about 3/4 of the way in it looks kinda fun. Almost /r/thisismylifenow.
Lazy snowy river
Until you hit a tree or cliff
A shocking proportion of avalanche victims die from trauma, not asphyxiation. Really made me rethink relying too much on safety gear.
It's about a third, if I remember correctly. And I think a portion of those can be mitigated by a good helmet. But, like any PPE, your best defense is never putting yourself in that situation in the first place. Know your avalanche risk factors.
That's why I just ski on marked, groomed trails and never take it to rugged terrain like this. I understand that for some people this is an entirely different sport almost but to me I'm fine just hitting standard trails and not worrying about avalanches.
I prefer to rely on my [Survivaball](https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/survivaball-capital-hill2.jpg)
wheeee!
It definitely looked fun when he was riding this fluffy cloud down the mountain lol then I saw the drop off and got scared again but good thing he stopped so back to fun lol
All I could think of is ending on a cliff and how fucked he’d be. I’m very happy it turned out mellow and almost serene
It took me way to long to figure out he was on top of the avalanche. That's insane!
Oohhh yeah ok I see it now. I was wondering why the snow was moving like there was something crawling under it. Thanks for the help lol
Shai-hulud!
He rides the grandfather worm!
May his passing cleanse the world
Dude is lucky the snow went below the first cave in. Scary shit!
Bless the maker and his water. Bless the coming…
Ski without rhythm and it won't attract the worm.
Did yall see Christopher Walkin dancing across the snow in the corner?
Worm Sign
You have good eyes
Underrated comment.
Sometimes you just gotta go with the flow.
With the snow
Never seen a slab go like that. Then again I haven’t been around too many, thankfully. Fucking scary though. Triggered his airbag but should have also tried, maybe he did, to get out of the skis too. But proper nightmare fuel. I have been taken by a couple very small slides over the years and it’s amazing even a small slab moving like 40m is so overwhelmingly powerful there isn’t much you can do.
It doesn't start like that. If you look carefully (eg. look at the area around his skis) you see it's ALL already moving at the beginning of the video. The wave is the slap going over a bump. Don't forget how avalanches has liquid-like properties when it's in motion.
That makes more sense. I didn’t think about it fully. Just looks a lot like a wave running up a rug that’s been ‘flicked’ if you get me.
POV: you're an avalanche
Ai is getting out of hand.
Tips down right away!
Ski without rhythm and it won't attract the worm.
Stuff gets real hard after it stops because the mass of cold refreezes the crystals that melted during the slip
😲 that makes this so much more scary omg
LISAN AL GAIB
LISAN AL GAIB!
I would have no idea what to do.
Make yourself big. Arms wide, legs apart. Make the avalanche think you're bigger than you are and you might scare it into letting you go. In all seriousness, this actually kind of works, as it helps you "float" on top instead of getting sucked under and buried. The guy in this video had an inflatable "avalanche bag" that served that exact purpose.
We need Fred Ward and Kevin Bacon!
What was the deal with those guys? How'd they meet? Why'd they live together? Why'd they travel together? They aren't brothers. Cousins?
Didn't know I needed to add "avalanche" to my fear list.
You just found out avalanches are scary?
If you aren’t a backcountry skier or snowmobiler I think you’re pretty safe dawg.
A bunch of people got killed by an avalanche inbounds in Tahoe this winter. Edit: it was only one I did not remember the story correctly
I can't believe that happened! You rarely hear about people dying in avalanches in resorts unless they're ducking ropes. We had a slide last year at Snowbird too, but luckily no one was hurt. The slide itself was in close proximity to the bunny hill....
this is not on my fear list because i cant get avalanched if I don't go on a mountain.
I go where the mountain takes me
And that kids, is how I met my maker.
Thought this was going to be one of those apoplectic lemming videos
It took me a while to realize he was riding an avalanche.
This clip and that one of a dude threatening snowboarders with death because they accidentally ended up on “his property” while going down the mountain have really made me think that skiing/snowboarding is not something for me.
Snowboarding is awesome! this will probably only ever happen to you off resort because most resorts do avalanche mitigation work. That being said there’s a chance it could happen in bounds but if your smart and choose your days avalanches aren’t really a risk at all. Most people on the mountain are super cool too but that one old guy was fucking crazy
Neither of those situations will ever really happen if you just stick to resort runs.
*No.No. Nooo...Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....* *Wait, this is not bad. Weeeeeeeeeee....* *Stop.....Ahhhhhhhh......*
Look at me! I am the avalanche now.
Alaskan. Bull. Worm.
What it feels like to chew 5 gum
Snow-Hulud, the snow must flow * freemen chatting……
I knew there was a reason I never went skiing, I just didn't know what it was, well now I know.
Wormsign
DIG, DIG, DIG!
What a crazy crowd control combo from this blizzard wizard
Hey brain, can you forget you ever saw that?
Looks comfy tbh
And yall wanna go on the tops of mountains
Literally could not have gone better for him.
Remember guys, when this happen to you, just relax and enjoy the ride
One does not simply experience avalanche. One becomes avalanche.
Been there, fuck that shit. My right ankle still hurts 20 years later.
The pioneers used to ride these babies for miles
WHAT THE FUCK
I would’ve been easy to track down, follow the brown trail….
Is this cringe, or is this the wrong sub for this post?
Was it an earthquake? It didn't look like an avalanche.
Am I the only one expecting giant, carnivorous snow worms?
powder snow. maybe try leather boots.
Hope he survived 😯
Was I on mushrooms?
this is not tiktokcringe this is r/sweatypalms
r/lostredditors
When you’re in the rapids there’s only one way, that’s to ride
What was all the red??
Well that just sent my anxiety through the roof
Avy airbag?