Bridge River Ice Climb Near Miss
Observed Mar 9, 2024, 11:00 a.m. PST · Southwest Coast
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Quick report
- Comment
- Size 2+/3 wet loose overshot our party of 3 tucked against the rock on The Theft WI6+/M6 saturday in the Bridge. The avi flowed for 20-30sec coming as close a 5m to the 2 climbers at the P1 belay but mostly falling to the climber's right. One climber received a branch to the buttocks with minor bruising/abrasion. Mistake was made in relying on word of mouth and visual inspection of the climb and not reviewing a topographic map which showed the steep terrain above. Initially, we considered the objective a conservative, low avi risk climb on such a high risk day (the overhead seemed flat with dense trees). Upon returning to the car, we also witnessed another slide over The Gift (a climb just a couple 100 meters to the East on the same aspect which had hit another party the day prior).
- Weather
- Cloudy, Warm, Wet
- Climb name
- The Theft
- Ice quality
- Terrible
- Avalanche conditions
- Avalanche condition slab, Avalanche condition snow, Avalanche condition temp
- Retreated from climb because of
- Poor ice conditions, Time of day, Warming solar radiation