Avalanche on meadow mountain 2 people involved

<p>There had been one sledder highmark across the slope, then a second sledder highmarked to about 20 feet below the crown and got stuck with his sled. A third sledder then rode past the stuck sledder to just about to where the crown was and turned around and went back down. The first sledder then started another climb but only made it about half way up the slope then turned around and was making his way back down the slope to the 3rd sledder who was watching from the bottom when the slide started with the one sledder still stuck 20 feet below the crown. The sledder who was stuck with the red buried sled in the pictures, rode the whole avalanche down trying to climb onto his sled which was floating mostly ontop like an island and was only partially buried up to his chest under his sled when the slide stoped. The sledder who was still making his way down when the slide started never realized the slide started and was struck in the back by the slide and his sled was buried to its handlebars in the picture and he was buried about 2 feet deep when the slide stopped. The third and only other sledder in the bowl who was at the bottom when it went off manage to ride his sled out of the slide path in time before it got to him. The partially buried subject managed to dig himself out from under his sled just as the sledder who outran the slide came back up to assist in the search. The one sledder who was partially buried and the one who outran the slide then managed to locate the 3rd sledder by beacon search and then dug him out from about 2 feet deep in approximately 1.5 to 2 minutes from the slide stopping. By that time more sledders that watched the whole thing from the ridge above the crown arrived to make sure everyone was okay and that all groups were accounted for. In the end both subjects who were caught in the avalanche were okay and rode out on their sleds.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Alpine slopes, Steep slopes.

Snow Conditions

Powder.

Weather Conditions

Cold, Sunny.