In-bound Avalanche

[Mike]

Just noted in the past few weeks, a number of avalanches were in-bound:

Two in-bounds avalanches on Saturday claimed one victim's life at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Wyoming.
On Friday, 21-year old skier from Tahoe City, Calif. was killed by a slide in the Red Dog area of Squaw Valley in northern California.
On Dec. 14, 27-year old Heather Gross of Salt Lake City died in an in-bounds slide at Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort in Utah. That same day, an in-bounds slide in Blue Sky Basin at Colorado's Vail Mountain partially buried a skier, who was uninjured.
In-bounds avalanches have also been reported this week at Telluride, Colo., where a third slide on Saturday in Genevieve buried a telemark skier up to his shoulders, as well as two others.

Avalanche does happen in-bound, not just out of bound. Ski safe.:)

[carver_hk-ski]

my guess is that global warming shaken the fundamentals of prediction of what makes an Av. Meaning resorts are located on chosen slopes where Av is not taken to be possible or could be controlled. Perhaps control have to be re-designed?

[Mike]

my guess is that global warming shaken the fundamentals of prediction of what makes an Av. Meaning resorts are located on chosen slopes where Av is not taken to be possible or could be controlled. Perhaps control have to be re-designed?

Don't think they were due to Global Warming. :rolleyes:

For the avalanches in Jackson Hole - Jackson Hole Mountain Resort had reported three feet of new snowfall in the 72 hours leading up to Saturday's avalanches. Overall, the Teton Range has received five feet of new snow over the past week. The Bridger-Teton National Forest Avalanche Center on Saturday reported summit winds gusting from the southwest to 50 miles per hour and had forecast avalanche conditions as "considerable," which means that human-triggered avalanches are probable and natural releases possible.

As for the avalanche at Tahoe, a strong Christmas week storm hit Squaw Valley, leaving four feet of snow in 72 hours. Again, unstable layers deep in the snowpack have resulted in large avalanches.