Babcock Mountain

Incident Summary

Date: 2009-01-17
Location: Babcock Mountain
Location Description: near Tumbler Ridge
Province: BC
Coordinates: 54.51379 °, 121.01869 °
Elevation: 1800 m
Activity: Snowmobiling
Involvement: 1
Injury: 0
Fatality: 1
Description: From CAC incident report: Group of 6 snowmobilers went up and over into the north side of Babcock Mountain. There is a bowl with approximately 5 chutes in that immediate area. The victim was high marking when he triggered the avalanche. The slide was concentrated in 2 of the chutes. Witnesses saw the victim tumbling but lost track of him half way down the slope. The victim was the only person using/wearing a beacon. It is not clear how long it took to locate him. The victim was not wearing an air bag.

Date/Time	Size	Type	Trigger	Elevation	Aspect	Slab width	Slab Thickness
2009-01-17 13:00	3.0	Slab	Ma	1800 m	N	-	-

Present Temp	Max Temp	Min Temp	24hr Trend	Wind Speed	Wind Direction	Sky Condition	Precipitation Type & Intensity
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Nil

Weather Comment: No precipitation for a week prior to the incident

Snowpack	24hr Snow	Storm Snow	Storm Date
-	0 cm	0 cm	-

Document Date	Title	Source
2009-01-18	Tumbler Ridge -Avalanche Causes Death near Tumbler Ridge	RCMP Tumbler Ridge	view
2009-01-20	Tumbler Ridge Update - Babcock Mountain Avalanche Fatality	RCMP Tumbler Ridge	view
2009-01-18	Tumbler Ridge Udate - Avalanche Victim Recovered	RCMP Tumbler Ridge	view