Deadly avi weekend in BC/Alberta - Snowboarding Forum

roremc · 01-17-2011, 10:41 AM

Very sad.

Calgary firefighter, oilpatch manager dead after Kananaskis avalanche

AdamBQ · 01-18-2011, 12:02 PM

It was crazy. Even the tiny little hills on the side of HWY 1 in along Banff Nat. Park were sliding. You could look over and see massive cracks along the tops of ones that hadn't slid yet, and a bunch that were and you'd see big slabs still intact (not big enough hill to get speed and fall apart). We saw one slab that must have been 10ft by 5ft.

Conditions at Louise were amazing!
I was eating lunch with a guy and his 10yr old son who lived less than 15 minutes from the hill, and had no way home due to the avalanches

01-17-2011, 10:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
roremc Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Banff, Alberta Posts: 1,107	Deadly avi weekend in BC/Alberta Very sad. Calgary firefighter, oilpatch manager dead after Kananaskis avalanche __________________ So many runs so little time.

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01-18-2011, 12:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
AdamBQ Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Edmonton, AB Posts: 266	It was crazy. Even the tiny little hills on the side of HWY 1 in along Banff Nat. Park were sliding. You could look over and see massive cracks along the tops of ones that hadn't slid yet, and a bunch that were and you'd see big slabs still intact (not big enough hill to get speed and fall apart). We saw one slab that must have been 10ft by 5ft. Conditions at Louise were amazing! I was eating lunch with a guy and his 10yr old son who lived less than 15 minutes from the hill, and had no way home due to the avalanches