Poor Man's Heli

Three words: lucky motherf*cker (or is that two words?)

The crowd cheering is an odd touch.

Came across these photos last night from yet another avalanche in the Clemina Creek area (last week posted this vid). Sadly this time didn’t have a happy ending, with one ‘biler being caught. His buddies were able to dig him out but unable to revive him (full report from the Canadian Avalanche Centre can be found here).

Ass puckering pics below. Click to see full-size versions and notice the highmarking – the slope didn’t fail on the first try.  Would you have been lulled into a false sense of security if a few of your buddies had already ridden down a slope?  This season has been crazy.

Clemina Creek avalanche

Snowmobiles in lower left give size perspective

One helluva terrain trap at the bottom

Just saw this vid of skier Steinar Nes triggering, than avoiding, an avy in Norway. Notice how it starts as a small slab around :35 in, almost looks like it’s just his sluff, but than moments later he acts as trigger for the HUGE slab to release. Shart factor: 10+