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Crystal Mt. Avy Takes Out Chairlift

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On Monday March 10, ski patrollers deliberately initiated an avalanche that gathered more power and snow than expected, wiping out a chairlift at Crystal Mountain in Washington. Patrollers threw a 40-pound explosive on an unstable slope as a normal and common safety precaution. A new video from Stohke was just released, which shows the devastation after the slide.

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