Poster: A snowHead
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I hear there was an avalanche in la plagne - does anyone have any details? I gather 4 people, 1 dead, 1 missing and 2 recovered. More than 100 people searching - terrible news.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Very sad news.
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Ouch.
Big slide.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Had a lot of stuff in chamonix today shut due to the risk
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We were skiing down Kamikaze around that time and saw what looked like 3 people being rescued from an avalanche about 100m from the piste. The line of searchers appeared to be further down when we looked back across the valley later - not sure if it was a separate incident.
Also saw the helicopter hovering near the bottom of Verdons Sud lift, looked like there had been another slide there with people involved.
A very sad illustration of how dangerous it can be not far from the piste.
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50cm deep at the fracture, sounds like the last recent dump of snow all went. The risk in 3V was 4 yesterday with warming temperatures. I gave it a miss.
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@rob@rar, in your report, under the heading "A third person was reported missing" is the sentence "A third person, not equipped with an avalanche victim detector (DVA), was reported missing. She was located with the detector and then with the probe".
The first part suggests she was not wearing a Transceiver, so what is the "detector" they used?
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She could have had recco tags on her clothes, or from heat detection
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@Jonpim, the only thing I can think of is a Recco reflector, as @alasdair.graham said. Or a dog.
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