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...SILENT SKI LIFT, DEADLY SKI LIFT (Fox): Movie of the Week. Lost skiers (Shannen Doherty and Susan Lucci) bitterly accuse their expedition guide (Corbin Bernsen) of leading them into the path of an avalanche. The movie reaches its dramatic climax when Bernsen refuses to give Doherty his sleeping bag until she asks for it a third time...
...skiers who stick to groomed runs, avalanches pose little hazard. Most major ski resorts operate military-style control programs that rely on explosive charges to trigger slides on avalanche-prone slopes before skiers head for the lifts. But increasingly, skiers are stepping beyond the boundaries set by resorts -- prompted in part by long lift lines and the high cost of lift tickets as well as the thirst for adventure. "What they don't realize," says Dale Atkins, who forecasts avalanches for the state of Colorado, "is that once they cross under that quarter-inch rope, they've gone from...
Backcountry skiers can substantially reduce their risk by heeding avalanche- center warnings, which rank the danger as low, medium, high and extreme. Forecasters routinely dig pits into targeted slopes to probe the condition of the snow below. Sometimes they even check the stability of the slope by carving ski-size slices through a test area, then standing or jumping on it. In general, south-facing slopes are less prone to avalanches because warmth from the sun promotes the bonding of the snowpack. Avalanches are also rare on slopes with inclines of less than 30 degrees. But there are exceptions...
Though Coloradans were relieved that no lives were lost in last week's episode, many expressed resentment that the ski party had glided so recklessly into danger. At week's end Torp announced that he and his companions would raise money to defray the estimated $20,000 cost of a rescue effort that put dozens of others face-to-face with the white death...
...Nobody can answer the questions 'Why now? Why this piece?' " says Gorecki (pronounced Goor-et-ski), 59, outside his apartment in Katowice, a grimy industrial city 185 miles southwest of Warsaw, where he lives with his wife Jadwiga and their two grown children. "Perhaps people, especially young people, find something they need in this piece of music, something they are seeking...