Chandolin Avalanche

The police have made a statement that the second casualty unfortunately died from his injuries a couple of days ago. There's an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.

What's upsetting locally is to see it's not making any difference, I can spot dozens of individuals daily skiing bad lines and totally unequipped.

Neither person in this case was wearing a transceiver, the recovery was after 1h 30m which is in itself extraordinary using dog teams. If you're in these places you need a transceiver nothing else will do.

The time that the teenager had spent buried, meant that the odds were well against him surviving.

If they had fallen off the drag lift, they would have had few choices. The other teen will be able to explain the details, and until the police have finished their investigation and released their report, we can only speculate that either boy intended to ski that slope.

I do agree that every off piste skier should be fully equipped.

bandit wrote:The time that the teenager had spent buried, meant that the odds were well against him surviving.

If they had fallen off the drag lift, they would have had few choices. The other teen will be able to explain the details, and until the police have finished their investigation and released their report, we can only speculate that either boy intended to ski that slope.

It's now reported they were skiing the slope.

ise wrote:

bandit wrote:The time that the teenager had spent buried, meant that the odds were well against him surviving.

If they had fallen off the drag lift, they would have had few choices. The other teen will be able to explain the details, and until the police have finished their investigation and released their report, we can only speculate that either boy intended to ski that slope.

It's now reported they were skiing the slope.

Then, as they were minors, their parents should take some responsibility for failure to equip them, and failing to educate their children to behave responsibly when away from their parents.

bandit, IMO that is ridiculous. I believe strongly in holding people accountable if they are actually responsible but in this situation even had they been educated properly they might have done it. Old, educated people duck ropes too.

I know for sure that my mum often asks me not to do stuff, or explains why it may be dangerous but I do it anyways.. all about growing up. For sure I would not want my mum to be held accountable for my stupidity.

I am certain others will agree with me in this view, even some of you older dudes :wink: :twisted:

RossF wrote:bandit, IMO that is ridiculous. I believe strongly in holding people accountable if they are actually responsible but in this situation even had they been educated properly they might have done it. Old, educated people duck ropes too.

I know for sure that my mum often asks me not to do stuff, or explains why it may be dangerous but I do it anyways.. all about growing up. For sure I would not want my mum to be held accountable for my stupidity.

I am certain others will agree with me in this view, even some of you older dudes :wink: :twisted:

Really, these were children, 15 years old :roll:

How old do you need to be to go on Avalanche Awareness training?

Or wear a Transceiver?

RossF wrote:bandit, IMO that is ridiculous. I believe strongly in holding people accountable if they are actually responsible but in this situation even had they been educated properly they might have done it. Old, educated people duck ropes too.

I know for sure that my mum often asks me not to do stuff, or explains why it may be dangerous but I do it anyways.. all about growing up. For sure I would not want my mum to be held accountable for my stupidity.

I am certain others will agree with me in this view, even some of you older dudes :wink: :twisted:

I am like your Mum RossF, I continually tell my son not to do this.......not to do that, but its his responsibility to take notice of what I say. Just recently I told him not to do something.....it was stupid and dangerous....he did it and now he is suffering the consequences. When he came down this week he asked me about it and all I could say was it was his own fault for not listening to good advice. Its all about life and growing up.
I am one of the older dudes :lol: and I never listened to my parents.

I know for sure when I was 15 I did not listen to everything my parents told me and that sometimes if they had it is in teenagers natures to go against what their parents ahve said "oh just one run, it looks so good" without thinking about the consequences. I know before I had taken the appropriate courses and actively sought education on the subject, I may have thought exactly like that. 3 years ago I was 15 myself and skiing..

Why should parents be held responsible for their children's stupidity, I doubt the children were as naive as you assume tbh. This is just my view.

RoseR, is she pregnant?