my first slide experience

pretty scary then.

I figured it was really close to a lift, consider it was Europe.

Not to be a dick again, as skiing inbounds it is easy to forget the dangerous of avie terrain, but the line you guys skied was, as far as route choice and avie exposure, one of the worst ones on that face.

either way, glad everyone came out ok. I wear my beacon in bounds much of the time now, depending on where I'm skiing. Everyone be careful out there.

the ski patrol and avalanche advisers should be fired then!

avie control is super different is europe.

they blast what endangerous lifts, huts, towns, etc. They do very minimal control on much of the actual skiing because the legal system their doesn't hold them liable. Lack of torts law there = need to know avie avoidance/rescue as you can't rely on the mountain to protect you. Sucks, but just the way it is there.

oh ya this is true.

This is practically a thread. haha, i'm learning a ton from iggyskiers comments. legit stuff.

haha yeah.

sorry posting so much, avie stuff just gets me going though.....

The crown looks deep in the photo, but the debris field looks really small, maybe it wasn't as deep as it looks?

yeah, i agree the crown looks deep.

the debris field is tiny, though.

I think what happened was the depth of the fracture decreased as it went down from the crown over that convex hump.

so it released deep at the crown but didn't do so all the way down.

that is the only reason I can really see to why the debris field is so small. it really is quite small.

yeah I was surprised too when he said in bounds, goddam thats so stupid not to do avie control in bounds of a resort, should definetely be mandatory

i think in europe the liability issues r different from here...so they dont have to do any avie stuff in bounds