Poster: A snowHead
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An avalanche has swept across a main ski slope at Treble Cone, New Zealand, following heavy snowfalls.
A large search was mounted, using probes, after it was suspected that people had been buried.
It now seems that all have been accounted for.
Reports from snow.co.nz and a later one from CNN.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Update from NZ City news. No-one was hurt. Business as usual in the resort but a review of what happened will take place.
However a wide ranging warning to stay out out many areas of the Southern Alps because of very high avalanche risks
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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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Assuming that Treble Cone is a conventionally managed ski area, formally distinguising between piste and off-piste, then it seems (from the description 'main slope') that this avalanche swept a marked run that the ski patrol were responsible for securing.
On that basis, I should think the resort management is wiping a substantial amount of cold sweat from its brow.
From the comfort of a typing chair (!) that's all I've got to say about it, until we know more about this unusual incident. I wonder if a publicly published investigation will take place?
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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A further avalanche has struck the nearby area of Humboldt Mountains, injuring two Japanese, an American, and a local ski guide.
This report from The (Melbourne Australia) Age.
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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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That link needs registration. Here's one from stuff.co.nz on the same incident.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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It's strange. I got into the The Age story without registration, then set up the hyperlink, which then demanded registration. It's not the first time this has happened.
Thanks for remedying the problem, Ian!
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My pleasure.
Yes repeat visits to some places do seem to trigger a registration request. Have you noticed in your trawls through Google that the Otago Daily Times web site never works ? They had an article about an endurance skiing event that raised loads of money for charity. Never found it anywhere else and couldn't get at it.......... have emailed them to report it.
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