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>> 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 hit the snow, i heard ben yelling "avalanche." i knew it was for real. you don't yell "avalanche" unless there's an avalanche that's coming down. >> heather quickly turns around and notices the huge tide of snow racing toward her. >> there was no out. i couldn't go left, i couldn't go r...

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 hit 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 racing toward ...

>> january 2006, heather and ben are joining their friend, ben sparling, 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 riders and gist taking our turns and being filmed. i was all for it. >> the day gets off to a great start. >> it was beautiful. it was sunny. >> the day was great. it was great. unbelievable powder turns, fresh snow all day, sunshine, couldn't be any better. >> but when the time comes for heather to take her turn on the mountain...

Riders and gist taking our turns and being filmed. i was all for it. >> the day gets off to a great start. >> it was beautiful. it was sunny. >> the day was great. it was great. unbelievable powder turns, fresh snow all day, sunshine, couldn't be any better. >> but when the time comes for heather to take her turn on the mountain, everything changes. at about 1:00 in the afternoon, heather takes 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 moun...

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...