I guess rescuing people in over there heads in winter makes you an armchair mountaineer. Thanks for let me know what qualifies me for that title. There hasn't been a winter that haven't seen or prevented carnage in the last 5 to 10 years...all this as a private citizen.
All you need is a bunny slope...nope. Things happen too fast and most will shortcut things. I don't see too many practicing on their back head first. Not everything is on your ass and rolling over but that isn't even the biggest problem. That is, not knowing what you do not know. Like traveling up a slope a few feet a part in a direct line...which was most likely the cause of the last accident in the Chute. Then, there is that cool glissade when the shade is covering the Chute in the late afternoon.
There are 9 people dead in last 3 SoCal winters...8 did not what they were doing and the other made a fundamental bad mistake, if you want statistics.
The time to learn this stuff was last winter. Something I have been says for God knows how long. It's not like spring conditions are an unknown factor.
Finally, I do not give a rip if you go or don't go...I just offer an option based on doing this stuff for 15 years and taking care of increasing carnage in the last 4 or 5 years.
