BDTV "know what is below you" slideshow (no pun!"

Last night Feathered Friends hosted the BDTV tour which showed 3 short films, and brought a very interesting presentation by Trent Meiseneiemer from the Utah avalanche center.

The presentation seemed very relevant to places with roads under major avalanche-prone bc ski locations. The focus seemed to me to be about knowing what is below you when you ski risky avalanche conditions; IS there a road with a school bus, boy scout troop etc.
I initially thought this was less relevant in Washington state, but if you think about the summer trail to Snow Lake, and the Phantom slide path above it, the stress on knowing what's below you, and behaving accordingly comes alive.

The take-home was:
BC areas are becoming more busy, know what/ who is below you when you take on 'acceptable risk'
Excellent work from Utah Avi Center & the BD sponsors

Jake! Way back when, I telemarked with our gang up at Chinook Pass, when Cayuse and Chinook Passes were open--and it was not unusual for some of those folks to set off, accidentally of course, avalanches that would close Chinook Pass for the winter. I'm sure they checked for traffic on Chinook Pass before trying those slopes.

Is this what you saw at FF?

www.skinet.com/skiing/articles/black-diamond-tv-season-1

Is this what you saw at FF?

www.skinet.com/skiing/articles/black-diamond-tv-season-1

That was it. The forecaster Drew Hardestry was actually there, although he didn't speak. The speaker, Trent Meissenheimer was excellent. The movies were pretty good, but most of that stuff is also on the web.

Really great perspective. Though certainly from a "road hazard" perspective SLC is unique as compared to WA. In all my years of touring a slide to the road has almost never been a concern.

But the question of what is below you is ALWAYS a concern. Learned that in HS in my Outdoor Adventure class with rock throwing or trundling. NEVER. So equally so, NEVER set off a slide with people below.

I think this subject was posed by the legend (Silas) once in TR. The question of do you go when you see people in a hazard zone or wait (even if they are fucking up your day)? My response was wait.