Stupid Avalanche Control Techniques

On runs that are popular, I'm often worried about people ski-cutting above me. It's a well-regarded way to reduce hazard to a descending party, but I've never seen a discussion as to its use in crowded areas. I've always wanted to see a TAY discussion on it, but never really found the right time/way to ask.

This trip report sent chills down my spine - anyone who climbs what they ski would've been clobbered by the descending skier's big wet sluffs.

Edit: grammar.

yeah, there's a problem with not knowing who's below or not below you on a slope. which incidentally is still and issue for the skier.

But what if you did know, via a completely unobstructed view of the slide path? I'd love to be able to charge that sucker.

BTW, I did set off a good slide at Stevens off of Cowboy Ridge (which is supposed to be controlled). The slide did bury another skier's skis (which had been lost in an earlier slide) another 6 feet. I felt bad and wrong for having cut a avi slope above him. Should not have figured it had be bombed since it was inbounds. The slide went about 100 yards...

conclusion: not only should one not be skiing or skinning in an avi path or below one, but neither should someone cut or ski a probable sluff/slide slope above other skiers whatever it is they are doing.

yeah, there's a problem with not knowing who's below or not below you on a slope. which incidentally is still and issue for the skier.

But what if you did know, via a completely unobstructed view of the slide path? I'd love to be able to charge that sucker.

BTW, I did set off a good slide at Stevens off of Cowboy Ridge (which is supposed to be controlled). The slide did bury another skier's skis (which had been lost in an earlier slide) another 6 feet. I felt bad and wrong for having cut a avi slope above him. Should not have figured it had be bombed since it was inbounds. The slide went about 100 yards...

conclusion: not only should one not be skiing or skinning in an avi path or below one, but neither should someone cut or ski a probable sluff/slide slope above other skiers whatever it is they are doing.

and by that I mean, "hanging out" in a slide path. of course we will often need to cross one, if necessary, but just skinning up one b/c it is the easiest way...not a good idea.

That maybe a good discussion to have TrumpetSailor. I don't know that Guye peak is a popular line but it may become more so. For that particular line and really any similar chute, I would hope people entering it would be on the look out for recent tracks. The danger zone there is pretty apparent going up and down. If I saw someone's tracks heading up and none down yet, or a new pile of debri covering them, I would wait until they came down before entering. I hope everyone else would too because it is very prone to wash the spider out. I suppose someone could ascend the shoulder of snoqualomie mtn and enter the chute from the top without having climbed it? Give a warning yodel? It isn't my favorite line in the area because of the slough mgmt required (but it is fun). Buyer beware.

I'm not worried about that line in particular, just that ski-cutting is moderately high on the list of things to do when forced to descend a questionable slope.

Perhaps the right question is this: Are there times that any of you have wanted to ski-cut a slope, didn't for some reason, but skied it anyway?