Buck Ridge Burial

On Saturday, December 11 a snowmobiler was completely buried in the 2nd Yellowmulke of Buck Ridge. From am email:

Snowmobile's handle bar was sticking out of the snow and the rider was located about 15-20 ft from the snowmobile. He was buried about 2-3 under the snow. It took roughly 8 minutes to locate and extract from the avalanche. Once we located and uncovered the rider we removed his helmet and he was unconscious but had a pulse and was breathing. We were able to revive him and once awake we examined for any broke bones or trauma, which there was none. We then brought him down to a fire to warm him up. The debris field was about 8 to 10 ft deep in spots. The run out of the avalanche was roughly 350 to 450 ft. It ran down the first hill collected at a shelf which is were the burial occurred and then run into the trees below.

Photo: C. Shover