Trophy Mountain Avalanche Incident

Activité

Ski

Nombre total de personne dans le groupe ?

6

Nombre de personnes entièrement ensevelies ?

0

Nombre de personnes partiellement ensevelies avec une respiration altérée ?

0

Nombre de personnes partiellement ensevelies avec une respiration normale ?

1

Nombre de personnes non blessées (emportées mais non ensevelies) ?

0

Nombre de personnes blessées (emportées mais non ensevelies) ?

0

Nombre de personnes impliquées ?

1

Forme du terrain au point de déclenchement

Régulier

Épaisseur de neige au point de déclenchement

Moyenne

Piège naturel

• Transition de pente ou replat

Our group of six was traversing across a relatively flat area about 20 meters from the base of a wind loaded slope following a line of trees. One of the group proceeded to move ahead a little bit to our next rally point. As he moved onto the bench out of the trees, he remotely triggered the first slide. As it was coming down, he had nearly moved out of the way when a second, deeper slab released. The second avalanche caught up with him before he was clear and he was swept away.

Multiple members of the group witnessed this happening and noted his point last seen. After waiting a few moments for the avalanche to end, the group ensured they were safe, switched to search, and then had a couple of members start towards the buried member. Within two minutes, his head and one arm were spotted and we moved to his location. He had been swept about 15 meters from him PLS. He was fine with no impaired breathing and no injuries and we had him freed within a few minutes. He still had his poles and one ski and we found the second after a few minutes of searching.