J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by andyhull

You can avoid what you can see, it's the things you can't which tend to catch you out. Over the last decade or so I've hit a few unseen rocks and roots. One friend hit an abandoned ski. Another managed to hook his ski under the top wire of a fence! (We probably shouldn't have been there!)
Once you're falling there is little you can do about what or how you hit. I've seen enough smashed up helmets.

Not sure why Meribel were initially reporting the wrong location for the accident. Never the less non of that side could be considered extreme, other than the un-pisted black run higher up under the Saulire lift (which I assume won't have opened yet this season.

I had a look at some video footage I shot there in late Jan last year and there are a few rocks showing through, but nothing unusual. The snow depth was a lot better then of course.

According the Merinet the accident happened close to the Loze piste. The Loze lift is one of the links to Courchevel.



We skied the Tetras black, and bits between the pistes last year. Sends a shiver down the spine.

BBC saying he's in a medically induced coma.
Doctors sound certain the impact would have killed him if he hadn't been wearing a helmet.
We can just hope he recovers.

Welcome to the club.

That is seriously murky. Light levels always look better on TV.

Now starting. Looking nice and snowy.