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  1. Sibhusky

    Safety Missing skier off Flower Point

    Apparently a guy skied off Flower Point here in Whitefish and is MIA. We have open boundaries, so this is perfectly permissable, but no less fraught with danger, especially given the snow storm that has been going on here. I hope the dogs can find him, because 12" fell since yesterday, and...
    • Sibhusky
    • Thread
    • avalanche safety backcountry access beacon tree well tree well danger when skiing whitefish montana
    • Replies: 43
    • Forum: Backcountry and Nordic
  2. Tricia

    Tree well demonstration

  3. Tricia

    Do we talk about tree wells enough?

    This report of a skier dying in a tree well at Snoqualmie Pass, on the heels of the litigation reports of the student who died in a tree well a few years ago - with the parents claiming that he (and they) were uninformed about the dangers of tree wells This has me thinking..... [insert thought...
  4. Tricia

    Tree Well Suit in Montana

    The events surrounding the tree well death of a 16 year old exchange student in Montana in 2010 have some interesting implications for the skiers responsibility when they buy a lift ticket. According to this article, It looks like the judge is interpreting things very differently than I do...
    • Tricia
    • Thread
    • inherent skiing dangers off piste skiing skiing lawsuit tree well tree well danger when skiing tree well death of a 16 year old whitefish montana whitefish mountain resort
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: General Skiing
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