Rescue events

Two coaches immediately converged on the buried victims and swiftly uncovered them with hands. The fully buried skier's location was known immediately and within one minute they were extracted from the snow. One of the partially buried skiers was pinned against a tree by a large piece of debris. Their pole was caught in the tree, and with the pole strap on, couldn't move their arm. Two parents recreating on the trails stopped and assisted. One of the older kids was sent to find the site director, whose group was following around 5 minutes behind. Once everyone was accounted for, two coaches began retrieving gear left behind in the slide, while another coach and the parent volunteers got the kids skiing again to stay warm. When they reconvened at the Jodhpur trailhead, the coaches got the group together to give the kids a rundown of what had happened, and then set them to games while the coaches debriefed quickly. Coaches checked in individually with each child's parent when they were picked up to make sure they were fully appraised of what had occurred.