East Vail Chutes Avy Victim, Tony Siebert, Tribute Video 2.0 24-year-old Tony Siebert died in an avalanche in the East Vail Chutes on January 7th, 2014. Tony was the grandson of Vail founder Peter Seibert. He will be greatly missed. This is a tribute video to Tony. Tony was a ripper. This video proves it. I had the opportunity to hang out and film with Tony Seibert in the Vail backcountry a few years back. His spirited charisma and hunger for life is something that I will always remember. This is what was captured from that day… – Dave Phelps […] Avalanche SnowBrains | January 15, 2014 0 Comments
East Vail, CO Avalanche Kills 1, Injures 3 An avalanche this morning caught 4 skiers in the East Vail Chutes. One of those skiers is did not survive. The other 3 skiers received non-life threatening injuries. The avalanche occurred at 11:30am today in the out of bounds area called the East Vail Chutes. These chutes exist between Vail Pass and Vail ski resort. “an extremely steep, avalanche prone bowl that drains down to […] Avalanche SnowBrains | January 7, 2014 1 Comment
VIDEO: East Vail Avalanche Buries Skier on Dec. 22nd An avalanche caught and nearly fully buried a skier in the East Vail Chutes in Colorado on Sunday, December 22nd, 2013. His brother captured the rescue on his GoPro camera. The East Vail Chutes are located between Vail Pass and Vail ski area. The skier caught in the avalanche, Edwin, received a knee injury. “Once I started sliding headfirst […] Avalanche SnowBrains | December 25, 2013 4 Comments
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