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Show I I t 4A Emery County Progress Castle Dale, Utah Tuesday April 1,2003 shovel on your machine. When you are buried in an avalanche the snow sets up around you like wet cement and theres no Continued from PAGE 1A. way you can dig yourself out. .One guy was found with his mobiles were buried, but the riders were not injured in the snow hands sticking out of the snow slides. EriCTrenbeath is the and he died of suffocation that avalanche specialist for the close to the top. If you're buried Manti-LaSNational Forest, then your buddy better locate The snowmobilers that trig- you and dig you out within 13 gered the avalanche on March 8 minutes or you will die of suffowere very lucky they were not cation. After 15 minutes the buried. It did bury a machine. chance of finding someone alive The Huntington and Fairview diminishes greatly. There is an international Canyon are very prone to avalanche. There are a lot of 33 de- avalanche danger rating which gree slopes up there. Generally are: low, natural avalanches are very unlikely, human triggered slopes between 30 and 40 degrees are avalanche prone. avalanches are unlikely. Travel HuntingtonFairview is used by is generally safe in all terrain a large group of snowmobilers. for travelers of all skill levels. Forty-fou- r percent of ava- Normal caution is advised to lanches triggered by humans enforce good habits while travare by snowmobiles. The ma- eling in slide paths.. .one at a time, never cross above your chines are more these days and can climb up the buddies, have an escape plan in steeper slopes. There has been case you are caught by a slide and got out of the way at the bota dramatic increase in snowmotom. Moderate: natural avabile triggered slides in recent d lanches are unlikely, inyears. There are a number of avalanches are posin the cidents Huntington Fairview area; five years ago sible. Use caution in steeper tertwo snow boarders were killed rain, especially on aspects idenin an avalanche. Last winter in tified in the avalanche adv isory. the Seely Canyon area a guy Considerable: natural avad was buried and his machine cre- lanches are possible, avalanches are probated an air pocket around him until they were able to dig him able. He increasingly cautious out. Avalanches are becoming in steeper terrain. As always, he a regular occurrence and more prepared to change your plan or back off if things dont look and more people have been goof for the right. ..even if it was a long hike. rides along path ing these avalanches, which are High: natural and avalanches are likely. usually triggered by them or one Travel in avalanche terrain is of their buddies. The key to staying safe is not recommended. Use all of avalanche awareness and eduyour sneaky tricks for staying cation. We encourage people to out of trouble.. .stay out of runout zones, stick to dense trees, check our website for an low angle slope's and ridgelines at advisory www.avalanche.org. This gives away from cornices (overhanging snow). Extreme: widespread regional information an inford natural or mation on avalanches throughout N'orth America. The site avalanches are certain. What gives weather information and are you doingin the mountains, snow conditions and avalanche anyway? Its probably dumping danger. We teach classes to snow and blowing hard. Stay well away from avalanche' path snowmobilers, land manageand travel only in ment agencies and other users. terrain. At one of our training classes it A snow boarder awhile back was two days after a big storm killed when the overhang was and the avalanche danger was he was standing on It in (cornice) the high canyon that day. was a sunny day and within two gave wav and carried him to the hours time there were a re- bottom of the ravine where he ported six avalanches and two w as buried. Youve got to know if the snow you are on is stable, burials. You always need an avalanche beacon and carry a lfyou hear noise and seltlingyou Avalanche al high-power- human-triggere- human-triggere- human-triggere- d ava-lanc- human-triggere- run-ou- ts low-angl- better get out of there. Natural occurring avalanches come and release by themselves all of the time. Ninety percent of victims killed are done so in a slide that they triggered themselves. They will see a natural slide that has occurred and cliryb up the slope right next to it and you cant do that. You've got to be aware of where you are and your surroundings at all times. This season alone in N'orth American there have been 40 avalanche deaths. This past week there was approximately six inches of new snow in the canyon. We have our field staff up there checking and collecting data to update the advisory every week. There are so many users in that canyon. ..the vehicles line up along the sides of the roads and there are hundreds of people up there each weekend. We want them to be able to play in the snow, but to do it safely and responsibly. Weve had a pretty big season with numerous natural slides. We had a lot of snow over the holidays and then a big dry spell in January and February. The snow deteriorates and is weak and then when you get fresh snowfall the underlying snow can't hold it and it slides. In the public domain we don't do avalanches. All we can do is advise any control work on people of the dangers. Another thing is important for people to realize is that it doesnt take a big slide to bury and kill you. A small slope of snow on a hill 50 feet tall can slide and buiyyou and it doesn't take that much. A slide 75 feet feet deep wide with snow can take you for a ride and bury you. Most are not huge cataone-tw- o strophic events. The snowpack tells a history of the winter, like how warm its been and if there have been a lot of thaws which tend to deteriorate the snow stability Then you get some heavy w et snow on top of this and it leads to the unstable snowpack. You never know how much weight this unstable snowpack can hold. You need to know what the signs of instability are so its good if youre out in the back country a lot to take one of our training classes. Youve got to know that the first sign is natural occurrences of slides in the area, if you see a natural slide Commission do not climb up the slope next to it. We will be finished with our advisories for this year around the middle of April. This is the fourth year we have been doing the avalanche advisory. The snowmobile hotline number is Continued from PAGE 2A. Commissioner Kofford also reported that he had attended a s meeting presented by a where representative from Houston updated those present on the current gas well situation. They have 480 wells in the Carbon and Emery area with most of those located in Carbon County. He report ed.that production is flatteningout and they anticipate drilling 40 wells this year using the horizontal shaft drilling method. The average life of a well is 20 years. Commissioner Kofford reported the exploration and development is nearing completion. Commissioner Hatch reported that a lot of reseedingand fence repairs have been done on the SITLA land. Commissioner Kofford also said that several Conoeo-Phillip- and snowmobilers can call that number for current avalanche conditions or check our website," said Trenbeath. marginal wells with be abandoned and reclaimed. Commissioner Sitterud reported that he had met with Gene Carr from the University of Utah on the Horse Canyon Project. The feasibility study had turned out poorly and it looked like CEU would take on the project which he didn't think was a good move at this time as CEU had very little funding at this time; Commissioner Sitterud coni; mented that he thought UofU could have moved the project forward. There are four months to decide what direction will be taken as the Horse Canyon mine site will need to be reclaimed if the project does not go forth. The next commission meeting's will be held on April 1 at 4 p.m. and on April 15 at !) a. in. i I ! ! ! 1 i 5 i I I I Orangeville City Meeting 'l By SHARREE JENSEN, staff writer which will be held on Julv this year. Orangeville Citv Council held its monthly meeting on March 13 at 7 p.m. at the Orangeville City Hall. Councilmembers present were Mayor Thayne Cox, Carol Ware, Jeffrey Tuttle and Randall Stilson. Also in attendance were Cindy Nielson, treasurer and Murleen Roan, recorder. After the praver and pledge of allegiance, the council reviewed the minutes of previous meetings and approved 1 The council then reviewed and discussed the changes to the Ordinance. It was noted that before any improvements can be realized the trail heads need to be developed. Tuttle suggested the council write a letter to the county commissioners urging them to develop the connection trails from the city to existing trails located to the west and south of the city limits. The county road going west from North Mill Dam Road and past Texacos property to connect with the ATM trail under Horn Mountain and then back south to connect with the road at Rlue Ridge would be an ex (client route. Cox asked Stilson to check into the possibility of using this route and present it to the commissioners. The council will discuss this again next 011V them. Then the council reviewed the bills and warrants to be approved for pavment. The Youth Council then rep ported on the contest for the elementarv causal school. City workers took (hire dump truck loads of pop cans to gatli-eringpo- Price. The class that collected the most will be treated to a pizza party by the youth council. They plan to use the rest of the money to purchase prizes for the Easter egg hunt. The Faster eg'ghunt has been scheduled for April lti, which is the last day of school before spring break. They council has made arrangements to clean up Highway 29 from Food Ranch east to the city limits. They are also planning' to volunteer as candy stripers at the hospital in Price. Mayor Cox asked the vouth council to participate in the an- month. Next on the agenda vv ere the staff reports. Nielson reported that there will be a treasurer's convention in St. George and that she would like to attend. It was then discussed how many hours of education and experience were necessary for her to have to certify and maintain certification. The council approved her request. She then handed the council letters requiring signa nual Cancer Relav For Life tures, to go out to dog owners who had not renewed their dog licenses. She also informed the council of new forms that she would like to incorporate for utility owners. There has been a problem of citizens not paying their utility bills and moving out of the area. She noted that if the city had more information on the people requesting services; it may be easier for the city to find those w ho do not pay. She also mentioned that they would now require that utilities be applied for in person, rather than over the phone. The council approved the forms and gave Nielson the go ahead to start . usingthem immediately. Bean was next to give her report. She mentioned the problems with the tree trimming throughout the city. The council has had numerous complaints' from residents about the way the trees are beingtrimmed around the power lines, instead of be-- ; ing' trimmed completely under-- ; neath the lines. The city however has a franchise with the business that is doing the trimming and must use them. Through Utah Power there is a right pi refusal form that residents can fill out, refusing the trimmerS access to their property, buf Utah Power retains the right Tg i k, E t i Continued on PAGE 14A7 'fi r : . 4' r J t i i 4 74e 25 tyeasi Collection 1 4 16th at 7:00 Eastern Utahs BDAC Wednesday,ofApril at the College 1 1 Tickets: $22 and $18 Tickets can be purchased at the BDAC, Desertview Federal Credit Union, Smiths Food & Drug, Albertsons, or Stewarts Thriftway in Castle Dale. For Ticket Information Call: EMI fi CMW 613-536- 9 Bsmi Mfe MsSb GM1 a !& as.'. $ I |