Palisades skier buried after backflip

[Philpug]

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Thisvideo made it viral on the web. We worked with Josh Gold who was filming the flip at BlueZone a few years back.

 

[Tricia]

The moral of the story is that burials don't just happen in avalanches and tree wells.

This was posted in a ton of places. I follow Josh on Instagram becaue he worked at the shop with us for a short period of time.
Josh's POV video of his friend landing a back flip and then getting upside down in the fluffy snow.
The second video is his friend's POV

 

[Tony S]

That is wicked scary.

 

[dbostedo]

Reminds me of this thread and the anecdote from Mammoth that prompted it:

When is powder TOO deep?

Just read an article on Powder (http://www.powder.com/stories/features/scenes-biggest-winter-generation/), and it contained this anecdote about Mammoth last year: After 104 inches in five days, the upper mountain opened on January 24 under blue skies.... I got in the gondy line early and... was...

www.skitalk.com

 

[cragginshred]

Crazy,.. seems like an extendable snorkel would be a good idea?