- Submitted by
- Parks Canada Visitor Safety
- Observations date
- Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 20:00
- Location
- 51.125619° N 115.790908° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-115.79090837337192,51.125618633161054,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Bourgeau 11 skier triggered avalanche")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 20:00
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2.5
- Slab thickness
- 50cm
- Slab width
- 300m
- Run length
- 900m
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- S
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 2,400m
- Runout zone elevation
- 1,980m
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Skier triggered accidental size 2.5 avalanche on Mt Bourgeau path 11, late Saturday afternoon. Unsure of the failure layer. Ran full path to the bottom of the runout.
