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last winter the local ski area got about 100" of snow in a two day period. new snow overnight was 67".
It was still early in the season so under all that new snow there were still rocks and stumps and such.
I was skiing a line in a bowl i ski all the time. my ski hit a rock and stopped, I did a forward flip into 6 ft of new snow and was buried deep. Only my skis were still sticking up. Usually when i ski deep snow i keep a fleece neck gaiter up over my mouth so if i end up buried I can still breathe a little. At least enough to get myself out of the snow. It actually works surprisingly well. I had just started using a new helmet that had a chin guard and when i was trying to pull the neck gaiter up the chin guard got in the way so i just said fuck it and went skiing. i spent several minutes choking on snow regretting that decision. I couldnt clear the snow from my face. every time i tried more just fell in. the combination of the exertion from skiing plus the exertion from trying to get out had me breathing hard. breathing snow. i was in a full on panic. at the time i was heading down to a tree area to take a leak but i ended up pissing myself but didnt care.
Finally someone noticed my skis and helped me clear my face and get some air. I had lungs full of water that took forever to cough out and of course my ski clothes needed a good washing.
Probably at about the same time a close friend of mine did pretty much the same thing at another part of the mountain but he got buried even deeper and didnt make it.
RIP Mikey C.!!
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