A heli-skier died after a slide pushed him into rocks Friday, the same day a snowboarder captured a separate avalanche on video.
A still from a snowboarder’s helmet camera shows the moment he was caught in an avalanche near Portage on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. He was carried 800 vertical feet but survived without injuries.
Troopers spokesman Austin McDaniel said in an email that the heli-skier was with a group of skiers when he was caught by the small avalanche. Silverton said Friday’s death is the first fatality the company has experienced. The company began operating in 2008, according to its website. It has suspended operations this week and next week.was reported Friday in the Tincan Library area southwest of Portage. A snowboard stuck in the slide recorded it. Observers who reported the incident said the snowboarder who triggered the slide was unhurt, although his avalanche airbag didn’t deploy.
John Sykes, a forecaster with the avalanche center, said that although the slides that struck the skier and snowboarder were both reportedly a foot deep or less, they can still pose a major threat to people. “Higher-elevation areas are tending to be more dangerous because of the recent winds,” he said. “But that weak layer that we’re talking about, that’s buried about one to two feet in the snowpack right now, is actually a problem at all elevations.”
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