Snow way! The amazing video of the moment female snowboarder caught in terrifying avalanche deploys AIR BAG and floats to safety



When a female pro snowboarder was riding down a Colorado mountain, she triggered a terrifying avalanche that sent her tumbling to the floor.



But Meesh Hytner, believes her life was saved when she was able to deploy an airbag, so she could remain on the surface of the giant slab as it broke out above her.



It meant she could stay upright with her back and feet downhill for the entirety of the slide.



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Unaware of danger: Meesh Hytner was snowboarding down a Colorado mountain, when she triggered a substantial avalanche that sent her tumbling to the floor

Just in time: As the snow swept over her, she managed to deploy an airbag, which she believes saved her life

The airbag allowed her to stay upright with her back and feet downhill for the entirety of the slide

After being rescued she said 'I felt like I was riding a mattress down the stairs' She told Backcountry Access: 'I felt like I was riding a mattress down the stairs.'

She had been riding near the Snake River drainage on January 25 in Montezuma, Colorado when it happened.



Afterward the terrifying experience she was picked up by a snowmobile.



Pro snowboarder Meesh Hytner shows off the Float airbag that saved her life last weekend in Montezuma, Colorado

She had been riding near the Snake River drainage on January 25 in Montezuma, Colorado when it happened

Backcountry Access said: 'The avalanche danger for the Vail-Summit zone was considerable that day on all aspects and elevations, with human-triggered avalanches likely.



Meesh and company had snowmobiled up to snowboard the northeast faces, some of which had already slid.'

The slide was one of 17 natural and human-triggered avalanches recorded throughout last week and into the early part of this week in the Vail and Summit Zone, according to Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC).