I wonder if the flight computer still has data on it from the previous
days to support the comment below. If it does and this person was
soaring over the ski area I'll have a lot less sympathy for this
landout. Sounds like a substantial lack of good judgement if the
claim made below is true, and I'm inclined to suspect it's likely
true.


"Yeah, I was actually there on the mountain today, and had an
opportunity to see the aftermath. over the past few days that glider
has been getting uncomfortably close to many chair lifts on the
mountain. Dangerously close in my opinion. While riding Dipper Express
the other day, I was scared it was going to hit the lift while I was
on it."