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Utah's first avalanche death ? #15629294 01/08/21
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,761 Rural Utah USA T tikkanut OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,761 Rural Utah USA	jeez we ain't got any snow yet........... condolences to the family https://www.ksl.com/article/50084231/clinton-man-killed-in-park-city-backcountry-avalanche T R U M P W O N ! U L T R A M A G A !

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Re: Utah's first avalanche death ? tikkanut #15629503 01/08/21
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,759 Western Colorado B BeanMan Campfire Tracker
BeanMan Campfire Tracker B Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,759 Western Colorado	4 in Colorado so far.

Re: Utah's first avalanche death ? tikkanut #15629518 01/08/21
Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 45,115 North East Urth Valsdad Campfire 'Bwana
Valsdad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 45,115 North East Urth	If we had much snow it could be a bad year hear what with the freezing and thawing going on. New snow on a slick hardened surface can be a bitch. The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni) member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?

Re: Utah's first avalanche death ? tikkanut #15629527 01/08/21
Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 9,189 15 min from elk, MT H HuntnShoot Campfire Outfitter
HuntnShoot Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 9,189 15 min from elk, MT	Killed in avalanche? With what? Is there any snow? I belong on eroding granite, among the pines.

Re: Utah's first avalanche death ? HuntnShoot #15629894 01/08/21
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,761 Rural Utah USA T tikkanut OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,761 Rural Utah USA	Originally Posted by HuntnShoot Killed in avalanche? With what? Is there any snow? not much yet........ T R U M P W O N ! U L T R A M A G A !

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Re: Utah's first avalanche death ? tikkanut #15629917 01/08/21
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 7,005 Back of the Wasatch S Springcove Campfire Tracker
Springcove Campfire Tracker S Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 7,005 Back of the Wasatch	There is not much at all. They are making it as fast as they can. A little sir since we haven’t had avalanche conditions.

Re: Utah's first avalanche death ? tikkanut #15631935 01/09/21
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,759 Western Colorado B BeanMan Campfire Tracker
BeanMan Campfire Tracker B Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,759 Western Colorado	Shallow early season snowpacks often produce the worst conditions. Wind transported snow gets deposited in starting zones, shallow snowpack with cold temperatures cause temperature gradient metamorphosis which makes for a nasty weak layer sometimes called sugar snow.

Re: Utah's first avalanche death ? tikkanut #15631998 01/09/21
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 31,242 Ogden, Utah RockyRaab Campfire 'Bwana
RockyRaab Campfire 'Bwana Joined: May 2003 Posts: 31,242 Ogden, Utah	TV showed a large OUT OF BOUNDS sign with the warning "If you go past this boundary YOU MAY DIE" He did and he did. Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.

Re: Utah's first avalanche death ? BeanMan #15632014 01/09/21
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 9,381 las vegas, Nv. L lvmiker Campfire Outfitter
lvmiker Campfire Outfitter L Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 9,381 las vegas, Nv.	Utah Avalanche Center reports 8 avalanches reported on 1/8 by skiers and snowmobilers. mike r Don't wish it were easier Wish you were better Stab them in the taint, you can't put a tourniquet on that. Craig Douglas ECQC

Re: Utah's first avalanche death ? tikkanut #15632058 01/09/21
Joined: May 2020 Posts: 2,643 T troublesome82 Campfire Regular
troublesome82 Campfire Regular T Joined: May 2020 Posts: 2,643	Hard to know the answer as all the avalanche experts are dead!

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Re: Utah's first avalanche death ? tikkanut #15632122 01/09/21
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 17,527 Colorado D dogcatcher223 Campfire Ranger
dogcatcher223 Campfire Ranger D Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 17,527 Colorado	No snow here either yet, and people get impatient looking for powder.

Re: Utah's first avalanche death ? troublesome82 #15632232 01/09/21
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,759 Western Colorado B BeanMan Campfire Tracker
BeanMan Campfire Tracker B Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,759 Western Colorado	Originally Posted by troublesome82 Hard to know the answer as all the avalanche experts are dead! Yup, my Father died this summer. Miss him.

Re: Utah's first avalanche death ? tikkanut #15632885 01/09/21
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 17,230 Arizona Sycamore Campfire Ranger
Sycamore Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 17,230 Arizona	Sorry to hear that....(about your dad) I did hear 3 skiers died before Christmas, a couple of them from Durango. Originally Posted by jorgeI ...Actually Sycamore, you are sort of right....

Re: Utah's first avalanche death ? tikkanut #15633279 01/09/21
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,759 Western Colorado B BeanMan Campfire Tracker
BeanMan Campfire Tracker B Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,759 Western Colorado	My Father started as a Snow Ranger and finished as a snow and avalanche researcher. He started the first region wide avalanche forecasting program in North America which later became CAIC, Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

Re: Utah's first avalanche death ? tikkanut #15633353 01/09/21
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,401 Texas R rickt300 Campfire Outfitter
rickt300 Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,401 Texas	All I know about avalanches is sometime in my past I heard in the distance somebody firing of a piece of artillery called a recoiless rifle to break up heavy snowbanks. Hearing that round slice through that thin air was cool. Echoes and all. Dog I rescued in January

Re: Utah's first avalanche death ? BeanMan #15633358 01/09/21
Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 2,089 WhiteTail48 Campfire Regular
WhiteTail48 Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 2,089	Originally Posted by BeanMan Originally Posted by troublesome82 Hard to know the answer as all the avalanche experts are dead! Yup, my Father died this summer. Miss him. So sorry for your loss. Condolences to you and your family.

Re: Utah's first avalanche death ? tikkanut #15633555 01/09/21
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,759 Western Colorado B BeanMan Campfire Tracker
BeanMan Campfire Tracker B Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,759 Western Colorado	The prototype of the avalauncher was tested in our pasture, since there was no ammo for it alpo dog food cans with friction tape were fired out of it. They aimed at a cottonwood stump at the end of the field. I was just old enough to remember it. The avalauncher was a CO2 powered launcher.

Re: Utah's first avalanche death ? tikkanut #15633663 01/09/21
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 2,818 Montana Backroads Campfire Regular
Backroads Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 2,818 Montana	Low snowpack is probably the most dangerous. Hopefully his family can find peace, some of my friends have had a hard time doing so.

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