>>293775>Be me, riding last ... sunday.>Through an area known as "the rollercoaster", around the corner to a hill known as "widowmaker">2 goons stuck on the hill>Know the hill slides multiple times a year>Avy danger not super-extreme, but I wasn't going to hit that hill today>"Valley" at the bottom is usually a much more pronounced valley, but all the snow sliding off widowmaker fills in the valley in the winter>Go talk to group watching their two buddies up there>"You know this hill slides every year, right?">"You know this snow that's flat here goes down about 40 feet to the ground, all that's avy debris, right?">"Any of you ever taken an avalanche class? Might be worth doing. Your buddies are in a bad spot up there; I hope they have beacons and I hope you have the knowledge to use them effectively.">they had no idea, new/ignorant ridersSnowmobilers have come a long way in the past 10 years when it comes to avalanche safety. Some of it's that stock sleds of today can go where only the boosted mod sleds of 10 years ago could get to. A lot of it has to do with education, and people making choices to ride with those who have gear and knowledge.
There's friends of mine that sled who I won't ride with. Great people, but I don't trust them with my life innamountains.
>Tracker 2 beacon>BCA B52 shovel>BCA SR3 probe>Snowpulse airbag pack>Level 1 a while ago, probably expired by now but it's all fresh in my head (I should really get recert'd, maybe even level 2) 