VIDEO: Buried Alive In a Targhee Bomb Hole

Skiing & Snowboarding

A fantastic, scary run by Rachael Burks in Wyoming, caught on film.

By Steve Casimiro, Adventure Journal, Guest Writer, 3-16-11

Sometimes you do everything right and it still goes south. Rachael Burks is sending a sweet wind-carved line outside Grand Targhee in Wyoming, drops a nice fat air, and then lawn darts it. Both skis shoot down the hill and she drills into the snowpack like a carbide bit through balsa wood. The scariest part? The camera operator is too far to help and the guide has to climb through deep snow. Fortunately, despite 11 minutes under the snow, Burks was fine — and has a ripping stretch of turns to show for it.

This feature originally appeared on Adventure Journal, an online magazine devoted to outdoor adventure in all its forms, launched in 2008.

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