Comments on: Family of Boy Killed in Inbounds Las Vegas Avalanche Settle Lawsuit http://thegoat.backcountry.com/2009/07/07/family-of-boy-killed-in-inbounds-las-vegas-avalanche-settle-lawsuit/ A Daily Bleatdown Tue, 22 May 2012 17:29:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: sNow http://thegoat.backcountry.com/2009/07/07/family-of-boy-killed-in-inbounds-las-vegas-avalanche-settle-lawsuit/#comment-247962 sNow Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:30:08 +0000 http://thegoat.backcountry.com/?p=10447#comment-247962 Rocky, do you have any comprehension of the garbage you wrote here? Your opinion shows a shockingly irresponsible and dangerously low level of responsible reporting. Please try to convey facts and not your misguided and downright stupid opinion when writing your "report". Rocky, do you have any comprehension of the garbage you wrote here? Your opinion shows a shockingly irresponsible and dangerously low level of responsible reporting. Please try to convey facts and not your misguided and downright stupid opinion when writing your “report”.

]]> By: Big Bald Guy http://thegoat.backcountry.com/2009/07/07/family-of-boy-killed-in-inbounds-las-vegas-avalanche-settle-lawsuit/#comment-237391 Big Bald Guy Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:39:41 +0000 http://thegoat.backcountry.com/?p=10447#comment-237391 Rocky, I am a current season passholder at LVSSR as I was the season of the incident. Additionally, I was skiing at LVSSR the day of the accident. The resort is not located in Vegas, but rather is in the Spring Mountains to the east and has a base of 8200' with lift service to 9200'. The avalanche started on a ridge above the ski area at approximately 11,000' The fact that the ski area is less than an hours drive from the strip makes it convenient, but changes nothing about the risks and conditions of a high alpine environment. The season of the avalanche, the resort received well over 300 inches and the weeks before the avalanche were the snowiest I've seen in 15 years of skiing LVSSR. As a member of the LVSSR community, I am still saddened by the loss of one of our members. I cannot imagine the pain of this boys family. However Rocky, ignorant posts such as yours do nothing to help this matter. If you would like a personal tour of why LVSSR is so much more than the link you attached, just look for the big bald guy hiking up from the lift....... Rocky,

I am a current season passholder at LVSSR as I was the season of the incident. Additionally, I was skiing at LVSSR the day of the accident. The resort is not located in Vegas, but rather is in the Spring Mountains to the east and has a base of 8200′ with lift service to 9200′. The avalanche started on a ridge above the ski area at approximately 11,000′ The fact that the ski area is less than an hours drive from the strip makes it convenient, but changes nothing about the risks and conditions of a high alpine environment. The season of the avalanche, the resort received well over 300 inches and the weeks before the avalanche were the snowiest I’ve seen in 15 years of skiing LVSSR.

As a member of the LVSSR community, I am still saddened by the loss of one of our members. I cannot imagine the pain of this boys family. However Rocky, ignorant posts such as yours do nothing to help this matter. If you would like a personal tour of why LVSSR is so much more than the link you attached, just look for the big bald guy hiking up from the lift…….

]]> By: dingo http://thegoat.backcountry.com/2009/07/07/family-of-boy-killed-in-inbounds-las-vegas-avalanche-settle-lawsuit/#comment-236648 dingo Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:46:08 +0000 http://thegoat.backcountry.com/?p=10447#comment-236648 Once again, Rocky shoots his mouth off about something he knows nothing about. Once again, Rocky shoots his mouth off about something he knows nothing about.

]]> By: Track5200 http://thegoat.backcountry.com/2009/07/07/family-of-boy-killed-in-inbounds-las-vegas-avalanche-settle-lawsuit/#comment-236435 Track5200 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:47:47 +0000 http://thegoat.backcountry.com/?p=10447#comment-236435 At the time of the avalanche at LVSS I was working at their parent company, Powdr Corp. This was a tragic accident that completely buried the entire lift. The resort had received massive amounts of snow, even by Utah or Colorado standards, the few days leading up to the avalanche. The snow safety and avalanche control teams had done their best to knock down any snow loads on the surrounding slopes, but for what ever reason they could not trigger a slide and declared the resort "safe." Knowing the management of LVSS personally and having worked with them for several years they are top notch ski resort industry veterans. They were and are not a mom and pop, podunk ski area with a busted up rope tow like you may suggest. At the time of the avalanche at LVSS I was working at their parent company, Powdr Corp. This was a tragic accident that completely buried the entire lift. The resort had received massive amounts of snow, even by Utah or Colorado standards, the few days leading up to the avalanche. The snow safety and avalanche control teams had done their best to knock down any snow loads on the surrounding slopes, but for what ever reason they could not trigger a slide and declared the resort “safe.”

Knowing the management of LVSS personally and having worked with them for several years they are top notch ski resort industry veterans. They were and are not a mom and pop, podunk ski area with a busted up rope tow like you may suggest.

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