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Husband looking on. suddenly the mountain cracks and there's an explosive sound. >> i heard the enormous boom immediately and i felt the entire top of that mountain shake. >> it's a snowboarder's worst fear, an avalanche. >> i was absolutely terrified. fear had come over my entire body. i had a major adrenaline rush. i scream as loud as i can, "avalanche! avalanche!" >> as soon as my board hits the snow, i heard ben yelling "avalanche." i knew it was real. you don't yell "avalanche" unless there's an avalanche coming down. >> heather quickly turns around and notices the huge tide of snow racin...

>> the only thing that i even thought of doing was pointing my board, pointing it straight. i was not going to sit down, i was not going to fall. >> i could hardly see heather at that moment. i was terrified. all i could think was please, please make it, heather. >> at the bottom of the mountain with his camera trained on heather, ben looks on in horror. >> when she dropped in and the avalanche triggered, it went from riding as high as you can be to instant fear. >> if heather falls, disaster is all but guaranteed. >> straight, straight! >> but heather has set her mind on making it down the mo...

>> it's a very dangerous place. you have to respect the mountains around you. you are at the mercy of your earth. >> who you're going out there with plays a big role. you prepare yourself by wearing beacons, which your friends and family are able to track you out there in case something would happen. >> january, 2006, heather and ben are joining their friends to help shoot footage in a pristine area of the back country called jones pass. >> jones pass is kind of the vision of a skier, snowboarder has of big mountain skiing. >> it involved us just being ride earns just taking our turns and bein...

At about 1:00 in the afternoon, heather takes the off from the top of the mountain with her husband looking on. suddenly the mountain cracks and there's an explosive sound. >> i heard the enormous boom immediately and i felt the entire top of that mountain shake. >> it's a snowboarder's worst fear, an avalanche. >> i was absolutely terrified. fear had come over my entire body. i had a major adrenaline rush. i scream as loud as i can, "avalanche! avalanche!" >> as soon as my board hits the snow, i heard ben yelling "avalanche." i knew it was real. you don't yell "avalanche" unless there's an av...

Straight straight straight! >> the only thing that i even thought of doing was pointing my board, pointing it straight. i was not going to sit down, i was not going to fall. >> i could hardly see heather at that moment. i was terrified. all i could think was please, please make it, heather. >> at the bottom of the mountain with his camera trained on heather, ben looks on in horror. >> when she dropped in and the avalanche triggered, it went from riding as high as you can be to instant fear. >> if heather falls, disaster is all but guaranteed. >> straight, straight! >> but heather has set her m...