- Submitted by
- chris.gooliaff
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 23:00
- Location
- 51.334140° N 117.503720° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Activity
- Skiing
Group details
- Total in the group?
- 3
- People fully buried?
- 0
- People not injured (caught but not buried)?
- 1
- People injured (caught but not buried)?
- 1
- People involved?
- 2
Terrain details
- Terrain shape at trigger point
- Unsupported
- Snow depth at trigger point
- Shallow
- Terrain traps
- Gully or depression
Comments
Size 2 loose, dry avalanche in a confined gully (Single Bench, Mt Tupper) knocked 2 of 3 people down the couloir. One person stopped after 250m of tumbling, the other rode 600m in the debris and over cliffs, breaking an arm. The party self-rescued before the Parks Canada team arrived on scene.