RIP - Doug Coombs killed in Avalanche today

http://powdermag.com/features/news/doug-coombs/

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He may be considered old school now, but he was new school as a pioneer.

I've watched a lot of Warren Miller movies featuring him, and it's too weird and sad to think that he's gone.

RIP
 
bump for the one of the greatest ever and to get stickied. this thread deserves a sticky more than any other thread ever made. RIP.
 
LORD....Doug Coombs..so sad..brings tears to my eyes...we luv ya man...WE WILL MISS YOU AND APPRECIATE EVRYTHING YOUVE EVER DONE IN YOUR LIFE EsPECIALLY IN THE BIG MOUTAIN SKIING INDUSTRY..YOU HAVE BEEN A HUGE INFLUENCE ON MY LIFE AND MY PASSION FOR BIG MPOUTAIN SKIING...REST IN PEACE MY MAN
 
an update for those interested.....

The name of the second skier killed was Chad Vander Ham of Silverton, CO.

Both Chad Vander Ham and Doug Coombs were killed following a fall, cause either by sluff or ice, down a 200m cliff (jesus....).

A doctor arrived on scene by helicopter very soon after the accident, but both had already died from their injuries.
 
Thank you Doug for inspiring generations of skiers. You are a true hero and your legend will continue to influence skiers around the globe. Your signature and poster have been there with me since you came to little Burlington, VT and will stay on the wall in my room where ever I go. Rest in Peace and happy turns.
 
I'll post more when I get it:

I have very sad news that Doug lost his life when skiing a steep couloir

called Polychannel yesterday afternoon. He was skiing with three other

friends when the first skier , Chad fell over a cliff. Doug skied over

to see what had happened when also Doug fell near the same place. We

have not fished the report yet of what really happened ! It will be

announced later on today to the AMGA.
 
Ben Wannamaker will miss you. RIP Doug, from here on out, you're all of our co-pilots. Don't let us go! we still need you. Legends never die. RIP

peace and thoughts to his family, he lived an amazing life, LOVE LOVE

ben
 
Doug was such an icon for the early stages of Freeride skiing. He had a serious knowledge of the mountains, and was... and still is an influence of hardcore skiing then and now. He was doing something he loved when He went out...something for all of us to think about.
 
Found out something interesting today, Coombs was my chemistry teacher, or chemistry teachers wife's cousin. It's weird how its connected. I bourght it up in class today and me and my teacher got talkin...RIP.
 
Coombs has impacted a whole generation of skiing. AK heli skiing would not be the same without him. let this be a lesson for everyone no matter ur experience: respect the mountain, it can take the best of us anytime it wants, as it has and will continue to do. i pray for his family.rip doug.
 
does anyone have the pic of Coombs shredding the icefalls line. i believe it was him, and is one of the most technical lines i've ever seen a pic of. if you know where to find it please post.
 
bump - how come this never made it to the front page? I just found out about it today. Coombs was one of the only big mountain segments that I'd watch in movies - in Ski Movie 2 when he splits the song with Pollard? Classic for me. thats a horrifying story.
 
Damn...

Doug Coombs? This cant be real... Shit it is...

Man.. ever since I saw TGR's FURTHER, with him and Micah Black and co. ripping up BC, I have just been so into the backcountry ski life. This is a true tradgedy..

R.I.P. Coombsy!
 
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