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Show 1 . H L ii i i L, Park Record Thursday, March 13, 1986 PageA13 'ifflinniimiifiit it Smumnmmint Snowslides are talk of resorts The word "avalanche" loomed large in news headlines in late February-not just along the Wasatch Front, but in other ski areas The Jackson Hole Ski Area reported a nearly 2-mile avalanche, thorst in its 20-year history. In Aspen, a snowslide in Highland Bowls rumbled down with a fury not seen in a quarter century. There were no deaths in those mishaps. But in Vail, an English skier died in a slide after venturing into an out-of-bounds area. And a neighborhood near Lake Tahoe sustained sus-tained an avalanche for the first time in its history. The Jackson Hole Guide reported that a snow patrolman triggered a slide in Teton Village which, to their surprise, ran almost 2 miles. It slammed into a small eatery, the Halfway House. Parts of the building were lifted up 150 feet, said a patrolman, and new restrooms boiled along in the thundering snow. The slide came to a stop within 100 feet of a home belonging to Chad and Ruth Carpenter. That house and two other homes above Teton Village were evacuated. Six other slides were reported in the Jackson area, including a mud slide south of Jackson, which resulted in a head-on auto collision, injuring two people. As the month ended, the ski area was restoring operations to normal. The resort had been operating one or two lifts, or none at all while enduring endur-ing two weeks of heavy snow, the avalanches and winds up to 100 mph. Two people have died in Jackson Hole accidents this winter, including a ski patrolman who was killed in a Feb. 17 avalanche. On the plus side, Jackson Hole Ski Corp. marketing director Harry Baxter said that March bookings by tourists and good snow could recoup business lost during February's bad weather. He also said that during the bad weather, the resort had scheduled schedul-ed alternative activities for frustrated skiers. Tourists poured into Jackson restaurants and shops, lie noted. Instead of the negative publicity, he asked the Guide, "Why , don't you take a new line? " In Aspen, a slide broke loose in Highlands Bowl and traveled 3,600 feet, twice as far as most slides recorded in the bowl. The ski patrol at Snowmass recorded 150 slides in their boundaries, reported the Aspen Times. One Aspen patrolman was buried with only his hand exposed. In another instance, patrolman Eric Kinsman was caught in a slide and dragged through heavy trees, bruising bruis-ing a lung and breaking five ribs. Both men miraculously survived with injuries that were relatively minor. In Vail, 39-year-old Derek Holley of Essex, England was buried in a slide, in what was called a "classic example" of why skiers should respect an out-of-bounds area. Holley and two friends were skiing down Vail Mountain, when the other two saw Holley turn off the run, according ac-cording to the Vail Trail. One friend said Holley was an out-of-bounds skier. "Ropes probably didn't mean anything to him. We couldn't stop him." Searching for Holley began in the afternoon, but his body was not found until the next morning. Jim Hackett of the U.S. Forest Service said the slide area had been roped off and been marked with signs. In Tahoe in mid-February, two major avalanches rolled out of bowls above Incline Village, ripping out "year-old trees. According to the Tahoe World, the slide ground to a lt several hundred yards from ""age homes. Avalanche consultant Dick Penman Pen-man said the avalanche was acuity ac-uity two major slides occurring in 'day's time. The day of the slides, ashoe County Sheriff's officials amed area residents of the threat '""several left their homes. THEASPEN TIMES Actor's dog dies after mauling Va vA10 dog longing t0 it r- 'Nlcnlson died of injuries tocl after te'ng attacked by the ow!an shePnerdS- Meanwhile, ics nDof alleged attacking fight hV ' e C011. said he will ThTd Is. time of t0r Mid he was a way at the his e attal and didn't know if el,ere involved. But he said Pe. S; Gained to stay on his proper pro-per vriH?id he hopes t0 setUe Carl, Nlcholson out of court. Wnf" suggested that Lons small dog, Rsy, may have provoked a confrontation with he two shepherds as they went by the Lhasa s territory. He, his wife and son said the Nicholson dog had a habit of lying in wait for cars to pass by his driveway and then rushing out to challenge them. However Carlson said he didn't wish to add to Nicholson's loss. Carlson also reported that one of the dogs accused of the attack had died on the veterinarian's table while being spayed. Resort promises visitors a lift Aspen Mountain will have a six-passenger six-passenger gondola next season with the world's greatest vertical rise 3,250 feet. The "Silver Queen," with 165 cars, can transport 2,000 skiers an hour. The trip from base to summit is 13 minutes and will shorten the lift-ride to the top by 35 minutes. The gondola, gon-dola, manufactured by Poma of America, will be running by December of 1986, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of Aspen Mountain. In 1983, however, the ban was struck down by an appeals court that ruled the commission did not have enough statistics and studies to show a hazard. An EPA official told the Vail Trail there is no safety hazard if the insulation is installed properly. The council was given a 30-day extension ex-tension to close a deal on the house by the owners. Meanwhile, realtor John Appleby will conduct a test for formaldehyde gas, with results to be sent to the EPA. Appleby said the owners weren't aware the insulation was used and it has been commonly installed all over town. THE TRAIL Students bug state lawmakers Vail The students of Vail Mountain School visited the Colorado State Legislature not just to watch, but to lobby. The youngsters were campaigning cam-paigning to make the Colorado hairstreak butterfly the state insect. The youngsters have presented the idea to area schools, but this was their first sales presentation in a large arena. Rep. Dan Williams said he was extremely ex-tremely impressed with the outstanding outstan-ding presentations. "They were also knowledgeable enough to respond to spontaneous questions from the legislators." He said the hairstreak could become the state insect in three ways: legislative action, a proclamation pro-clamation by the governor or a petition peti-tion from citizens. Hold the foam! Is insulation safe? The Vail Town Council is almost ready to purchase a home for its town manager on Bald Mountain Road. But it has to check on one detail the possible ill effects of insulation in-sulation in the home. Vail's head building official, Gary Murrain, was walking through the house when he looked through a hole in the ceiling and noticed the presence of urea-formaldehyde foam insulation. The material was banned in February 1982 by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Commis-sion, on the grounds it posed an unreasonable health risk because of the formaldehyde gas the foam releases. .... i T! - I JT I Or-l . CXPCC55 Planning debate centers on river Sun Valley The Ketchum Planning and Zoning Zon-ing Commission approved the proposed pro-posed Bigwood development partially par-tially in the flood plain of the Big Wood River despite warnings from government advisers, who say the river is unpredictable. The vote was 4-1. The development calls for six lots on 31 acres. Three building envelopes would be partially in the flood plain and one would be in it completely. To handle flooding, a diversion canal would run around the four lots, between the houses and nearby State Highway 75. Access to the homes would be provided by bridges. Proponent Pro-ponent Karl Bick said the project would provide a "knockout entrance to Ketchum." But Idaho Fish and Game biologist Ted Chu said the flood plain there is needed to handle heavy run-off and called the Big Wood a frightening river. He predicted that when flood waters threaten Bigwood homes, owners will "rip-rap" (dump rocks into the river to create a barrier) without legal permission. Blaine County Planning Director Ed Nigbor said the canal would not slow flood water. Proponents said no further rip-rapping rip-rapping would be allowed after the initial development was constructed. con-structed. 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