Ropeline Avy.mov

On April 3rd 2010 I was skiing my favorite area on Blackcomb Mountain with my Cousin and I triggered a larger than usual sluff slide in the Zut Chutes bowl.

The slide was deeper than expected and dragged me around 300+ feet down the hill. The slide was over my shoulders deep and going very fast, but i managed to ride it out with the backs of my skiies and keep my head above the snow and my body pointed down hill.

I have triggered small sluffs in this area before, however they never really went far as the area is routinely avalanche controlled. The area immediately below the chute normally sluffs a little bit, but the slide usually never goes far. The area below flattens out significantly and is a well traveled area on the mountain.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Skiing
• Avalanche
• Powder
• Cliffs
• Blackcomb
• Whistler

[bevay]

wait I am one bowl over, nevermind! Need to explore more of spankys!

[bevay]

Are you coming out into the sapphire bowl near the end? Is this surf's up or adjacent to it?

Good vid btw :)

[DriftInnovation]

coming out on top... bonus