https://www.koat.com/article/avalan...iers-snowboarders-at-taos-ski-valley/25938388
My daughter is one of the two interviewed, on the right in brown.
My daughter is one of the two interviewed, on the right in brown.
I was not there today. Telling my friends and family that keep messaging me about this too. I worry a little bit that they rushed to open the Kachina Peak lift, it was open to hikers for less than a week.
I have recco in my helmet and shell but maybe it's time for a beacon...
Highly recommend it if you ski somewhere with a lot of avalanche terrain. Especially as the Tracker DTS is getting phased out, it's pretty affordable. (It's a 2 antennae that's slower for search since it doesn't resolve spikes the same way a 3-ant beacon would, but transmits just fine and is definitely capable for helping out in a resort rescue. But if you think that backcountry skiing is ever on the horizon, get yourself a 3-antennae.)
https://www.koat.com/article/avalan...iers-snowboarders-at-taos-ski-valley/25938388
My daughter is one of the two interviewed, on the right in brown.
The ski New Mexico rep interviewed is really trying to make avalanches sound like a rarity up there. The news casters sort of echo that but are pretty far off from the reality. It’s rare to have a related fatality you could say but avalanches are the norm in terrain like that, especially with a continental snow pack.
Well I took it as inbounds avalanches on open terrain are rare and that is true.The ski New Mexico rep interviewed is really trying to make avalanches sound like a rarity up there. The news casters sort of echo that but are pretty far off from the reality. It’s rare to have a related fatality you could say but avalanches are the norm in terrain like that, especially with a continntal snow pack.
Well I took it as inbounds avalanches on open terrain are rare and that is true.
I'm sure that's what the Ski NM rep said, but add poor small market reporting from a green reporter who obviously knows nothing about the subject and you end up with shockingly incorrect statements like these graphics:Well I took it as inbounds avalanches on open terrain are rare and that is true.
"according to the hospital employee who asked not to be named as he was not authorized to speak to the media."
Well I took it as inbounds avalanches on open terrain are rare and that is true.