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Old 01-11-2024, 04:16 PM   #492
dustygoon
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Can't believe we had another avalanche death in Tahoe at Palisades (old Squaw). INBOUNDS!

We have skied there and Alpine (next to each other) for the past 10 years.

Aside from the superb documentary "Buried" on netflix about the 1982 avalanche, this place seems to keep having mishaps. I don't recall many avalanche related injuries or deaths growing up in Calgary. I think there was that group of kids from Strathcona-Tweedsmuir but that was back country. These mountains here are not as big as back home.

2024 - Palisades avalanche inbounds on KT-22; one killed.
2020 - avalanche inbounds at Alpine killing one.
2017 - patrol person died when explosive detonated in hand (they throw them!)
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