BIG Avalanches!!!

[Barsevskis]

found this on biglines.com some really big avalanches

 

[Gfunkrussell]

Play safe or die trying!

 

[GolfingElephant]

dayum

 

[Ben.]

"So what do you do for a living?"

"Eh, not that exciting, i just drop dynamite out of a helicopter to set off avalanches."

 

[tripnip]

damn those things are huge those guys are heros!!!

 

[Roy]

gnarly how high the last one travels up the other side of the valley

 

[Nati513]

Are these at ski resorts or just mountains that they take people heli skiing?

 

[KillaSeason]

well, does that look like a ski resort to you??

 

[123ski]

This is from just a few days ago in Retallack:

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[123ski]

why won't my videos embed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24frHA7SSdM

 

[.Roockley.]

seem to be using the same new embed system as vimeo

work now?

 

[thesheik]

that looks like an awesome fucking job

 

[PON3]

i wanna do this!!!!!

 

[Drail]

It's not at a resort. CMH (Canadian Mountain Holidays) is a heli ski company in British Columbia.

 

[little_boo]

SOOOOOO sick.

 

[Giulio]

I am in Love with Avalanches, a deep seething passionate love for the ages.

 

[Drail]

The Bobby Burns Lodge in particular is in the Purcells just north of the Bugaboos.

or - just south of Kicking Horse a couple valleys for those who have no idea what I just said.

 

[R.Fahey]

Anybody remember this one? It's my favorite... really makes you respect the mountains, and fear them a little too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aAFcbr8euA

^ link in case the embed doesn't work.

 

[Barsevskis]

yea i remember this one its so intense. avalanches are so crazy but awesome to watch if its controlled

 

[GayWolf420]

Could be a repost but fuck it. I nearly shat myself beginning at :40.

 

[Sklar]

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[Sklar]

hmm, youtube imbeds arent working out well for me recently

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aAFcbr8euA

 

[awesomeness17]

I took the beginning video off my go-pro and that was super sick to witness in person. Really shows how you need to be careful out in backcountry.

 

[Sklar]

damn i didn't see the new/old code

 

[theWIZARD]

My unlce did this for a year. He said it was super fun, he was either shooting howitzer rounds into the sides of mountains, or throwing explosives from a heli