Beacon in the Gorge: How a Rescue Signal Broadcast Before the Fall
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Beacon in the Gorge: How a Rescue Signal Broadcast Before the Fall
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A beacon transmitted a GPS coordinate, a timestamp, and a registration number that all pointed to Jennifer Underwood - even though the unit had been broadcasting for seventy-one hours from the bottom of Meridian Creek gorge, 1,300 feet below the nearest snow. The manufacturer confirmed the log and the unit had not been reset; how did Jennifer’s beacon enter the creek the evening before she began her descent?
In this episode, we walk through the precise timeline, the terrain, and the decisions that led a methodical backcountry skier into an unseen talus chute and left a rescue signal that didn’t match her movements. What happened between the avalanche at 8:15 a.m. and the beacon’s arrival in the creek that evening?
Person: Jennifer Underwood
Date: May 8-9, 2018
Location: Callum Cirque / Meridian Creek gorge
Event: Wind slab avalanche with 80-foot width and 18-inch crown
Status: Beacon transmitting for 71 hours at 1,300 feet below nearest snow
- Beacon log showed entry into Meridian Creek gorge on the evening of May 8, though Jennifer began descent on May 9.
- Avalanche fracture opened at 4,200 feet, with an 80-foot-wide slab and an 18-inch-deep crown.
- The slide carried Jennifer approximately 400 feet down the face while she remained at the surface and suffered a fractured right fibula.
- A talus chute nearly 900 feet long ran behind the cirque’s rock band, connecting through internal drainage to Meridian Creek and was not on surface maps.
- Jennifer’s pack - containing the beacon - fell an estimated 20 feet onto a ledge inside the chute and separated from her before traveling down to the creek.
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