Inside An Avalanche

[Mongrol]

This photo is on Hwy3 (Kootenay Pass) west of Creston BC. They moved over 100,000 cu meters of snow to clear the road.

GUYS, STOP PLAYING NEAR AVALANCHE AREAS FOR YOUR FAMILYS SAKE !

 

[ferniesnow]

wow......and yes the snow is deep in the runouts!!!!

 

[SLEDBUNNYRACING]

Wholy Crap!!!

 

[polarisftw]

holy chit thats alot of snow!!!!!:d

 

[firecatab]

Just to put things into persepctive, here is one we had between Field and Revelstoke on Jan 11, we all know how big thoses red engines are when we see them at crossings. I could not imagine having to search for someone after one of these.

Ride Safe/ Ride Smart

 

[Mongrol]

If ya got caught in any of these, it'd be June or July till you were recovered. Tone down the testosterone a bit. No one is invincible.

 

[tohigh]

WOW, reality check give aguy the shivers

 

[99summitx]

To think n the old days they had crews to shovel out the rails by hand.

 

[LinkTank]

Some pretty wild pics!

 

[SLEDJED]

looks like that train is derailed. that doesn't look like that would be fun to dig out. Cool pic's.

 

[2003Summit]

not to hijack the thread but check these out, some of them are amazing.

you tube search on train snow plows, lots of vids
YouTube - train plow snow

like the one when the train gets stuck.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF2ZPRmocs4&feature=PlayList&p=66E013A86D8CADC4&playnext=1&index=10I[/media]

This is also another one of my favs. You think your 800 can push snow, check this out: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzKLnL8mJig&feature=PlayList&p=66E013A86D8CADC4&index=4[/media]

rotory snow plows can be fun too:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frBh5vO_2g0&feature=PlayList&p=66E013A86D8CADC4&index=8[/media]

here is a good one: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql6MYFO4ihA&feature=PlayList&p=66E013A86D8CADC4&index=11[/media]

gotta love the comments the camera guys make in these. :d

 

[kootenaycat]

This photo is on Hwy3 (Kootenay Pass) west of Creston BC. They moved over 100,000 cu meters of snow to clear the road.

GUYS, STOP PLAYING NEAR AVALANCHE AREAS FOR YOUR FAMILYS SAKE !

I was over the pass just before New Years and past a "little" one that was well over the roof of the cube van we were driving. Nothing compared to the big one you're talking about. They said it took out mature trees, slid where they've never seen it slide before.

 

[Modman]

Here's last year in the same spot on April 2, 2008. Going east on #3 just below the summit.