Silly season has started
It's official - the silly season has kicked off. I was up on Le Tour today in deteriorating weather, with a category 3 avalanche forecast above 2000m on all aspects. It had put down about 25 to 35cm last night and there was a stiff southwesterly wind moving alot of snow about.
At about 11am we had 3 helicopters head towards the Vallorcine side in quick succession. When we got up to the Tete de Balme, the piste was closed, so I asked the pisteurs if there had been an avalanche. It turns out there was one person buried with no transceiver at the top of the Combe des Norvegiennes, known by locally based British guides as the Scandy Trap, after a major incident in 2001. I was about to head off with a team of guides and instructors to help with the probe line when the news came through that the dogs had found someone, but no news as yet as to whether it's a live one or not. After an hour under heavy wind blown snow, the chances aren't great. Hopefully we'll get news in the paper tomorrow morning.
Take it easy out there, people...
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Andy Perkins
Monday 21 December 2009 6:54:42 pm
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