In Bounds- Out of Danger?

This weekend Cyn and I played in the snow at Vail, and Loveland. With a ton of new snow an extremely sensitive snow pack any venture up to the top of Loveland Pass for some side country skiing would have been foolish. With 11 inches of new snow Sunday morning we donned our transceivers in bounds at Loveland, as we normally do. Even though the ski patrols at resorts in Colorado do an incredible job at avalanche control work, and rescue preparation it never hurts to help them find you if and accident does occur on their turf. We typically do ski on the terrain that would have the potential of sliding if the conditions were perfect like what happened at Snow Bird on Sunday of this past weekend. The reports say an inbounds skier was caught in an avalanche on hike to terrain known as the eye of the needle on Mt. Baldy. Apparently the woman was buried for an hour before being rescued alive, however she later died of complications. There is no guarantee that if this person would have lived through the avalanche even if she had been wearing a transceiver, but it may not have taken responders an hour to locate her. This tragic event just reinforces my decision to wear my transceiver in bounds.

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