If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Avalanche knocks skier off lift
On a different thread, Kurt Knisely wrote:
Do they tell you that you can die in an avalanche while riding a lift in Vegas? http://www.avalanche.org/av-reports/proc-show.php3?OID=5406924 http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Jan-10-Mon-2005/news/25633446.html This is just about the most bizzare inbounds avalanche story I've ever heard. |
Ads |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Kurt Knisely wrote:
... I'm still wondering what really happened? ... We'll probably never hear. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Sorry. Couldn't resist. Mike... -- See my ski photography and Breckenridge photoblog at: http://PowderDay.us Carpe powder-diem |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
"Kurt Knisely" wrote in message ... In article . com, TexasSkiNut says... This is just about the most bizzare inbounds avalanche story I've ever heard. No ****. I'm still wondering what really happened? I heard some trees were brought down, but why weren't the entire lift/chair/lift towers? Truly bizarre stuff happens in Vegas. Our supe told us about it today, it happened. Knocked him off the chair he was riding on and carried him away. ant |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
"ant" wrote in message ... "Kurt Knisely" wrote in message ... In article . com, TexasSkiNut says... This is just about the most bizzare inbounds avalanche story I've ever heard. No ****. I'm still wondering what really happened? I heard some trees were brought down, but why weren't the entire lift/chair/lift towers? Truly bizarre stuff happens in Vegas. Our supe told us about it today, it happened. Knocked him off the chair he was riding on and carried him away. And yet the lift was apparently undamaged, and started up again a few minutes later. I remember a few years back when a "hard" avalanche (chunks of cornice) ran down from the upper ridge at Mammoth and took out the top tower of one of the beginner lifts. |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
ant wrote:
"Kurt Knisely" wrote in message ... In article . com, TexasSkiNut says... This is just about the most bizzare inbounds avalanche story I've ever heard. No ****. I'm still wondering what really happened? I heard some trees were brought down, but why weren't the entire lift/chair/lift towers? Truly bizarre stuff happens in Vegas. Our supe told us about it today, it happened. Knocked him off the chair he was riding on and carried him away. ant Did he have the safety bar down? -- To reply by email remove "_nospam" |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Chuck asked:
Did he have the safety bar down? According to one of the news articles: "The unidentified person tried to grasp a bar designed to secure skiers to the lift, but the snow carried him away." |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Is anyone on the list acutally familiar with this resort? Everyone I know
from LV comes here and doesn't have much to say about it When I ask they usually say "don't bother" -- I ski, therefore I am "TexasSkiNut" wrote in message ups.com... On a different thread, Kurt Knisely wrote: Do they tell you that you can die in an avalanche while riding a lift in Vegas? http://www.avalanche.org/av-reports/proc-show.php3?OID=5406924 http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_ho...ews/25633446.h tml This is just about the most bizzare inbounds avalanche story I've ever heard. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Near fatal ski incident | Me | Nordic Skiing | 22 | February 27th 04 02:47 PM |
Avalanche Center Fall Update | Avalanche Center | General | 0 | October 9th 03 05:23 PM |
Avalanche Center Fall Update | Avalanche Center | Snowboarding | 3 | October 8th 03 08:42 PM |
Avalanche Center Fall Update | Avalanche Center | North American Ski Resorts | 0 | October 8th 03 07:54 PM |
Avalanche Center Fall Update | Avalanche Center | Nordic Skiing | 0 | October 8th 03 07:53 PM |