Pucker Face Avalanche Video Footage – January 2, 2011
by Than Volk | Avalanche And Snow Safety, Videos | January 4th, 2012 | 2519 Views | 2 Comments
The author’s description is pasted below. If it’s not really obvious, this was a pretty dumb thing to do in my mind and I’m a little perplexed about their “let your guard down” comment. Tell us what you think in the comments below.
This video should serve as a reminder never to let your guard down while traveling in the sidecountry or backcountry. This slide happened around 10:30am on 1-2-12. Red flags were plentiful on this first sunny day after about a 30inch cycle, and we almost got seriously spanked.
A photo of the slide from JHAvalanche.org:
A few screenshots from the video:
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