I looked at that picture and the next question is; what if you are stupid
enough or unlucky enough to be where those guys are.  What's your best
course of action from here?  I am going to guess that it's safest to ski
down the slide path.  But when.  How long should you wait?  Assuming I
don't have 3 days to wait for it to consolidate, which may actually be the
best answer.  Slides generate heating by friction so right after it stops
the snow will be wet.  It ought to set up pretty fast as it loses heat to
the colder snow below.  That will bond it to the slope and I presume make
it a lot safer than skiing to the side, where a trigger will almost
certainly start another slide.  I have seen slide rubble and it is not
going to be easy to ski.  I think what I would do is wait 5-10 minutes
then survival ski, sidestep, whatever it takes, down the slide path.  and
then get the hell out of there.

What happened to those 3 guys?  How did they get out?

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