Northwest:
–Here’s some video from Sunday when a snowboarder experienced an avalanche in the Mt. Baker Backcountry:
Desert Southwest:
–Climbing is reporting that, “Around noon on December 4, local authorities received a call that a climber had fallen around 200 feet while climbing on the Left Wall on El Cajon Mountain, near San Diego. Nathaniel Masahi Takatsuno, 22, had, according to eye-witness accounts, been free soloing Leonids—a three-pitch 5.9—when he fell.” To read more, click here.
–A TikTok influencer is in trouble after hitting a golf ball into the Grand Canyon. From USA Today: “In the video, which appeared on 20-year-old Katie Sigmond’s accounts on Oct. 26, Sigmond hit a golf ball and subsequently lost most of her club when the driver’s shaft flew into the canyon after the ball. Social media users were quick to share Sigmond’s stunt on platforms such as Reddit, where a screen recording of Sigmond’s Snapchat Story garnered more than 900 comments. Commenters condemned Sigmond for littering as well as endangering people and wildlife below her. The influencer – who has a combined 10 million followers across TikTok and Instagram – was going viral for the wrong reasons and she appeared to delete the posts.” To read more, click here.
Colorado and Utah:
–SnowBrains is reporting that, “On Saturday, at least two people were caught in two separate avalanches in Colorado. Both of these large and dangerous avalanches were near Berthoud Pass.” To read more, click here.
–There was an inbounds avalanche at Snowbird on Sunday.
