- Submitted by
- fredpich
- Observations date
- Monday, February 16, 2026 at 19:45
- Location
- 51.250163° N 117.561976° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-117.56197632137601,51.25016258128488,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Avalache in Cougar creek east (west line)")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Activity
- Skiing
Group details
- Total in the group?
- 2
- People fully buried?
- 0
- People partly buried with impaired breathing?
- 0
- People partly buried with normal breathing?
- 0
- People not injured (caught but not buried)?
- 0
- People injured (caught but not buried)?
- 1
- People involved?
- 1
Terrain details
- Terrain shape at trigger point
- Convex
- Snow depth at trigger point
- Deep
- Terrain traps
- Gully or depression
Comments
One member of the group triggered the avalanche under his feets and got caught and was dragged for around 100 meters and hit multiple trees in the way.
He break his right feet and injured his knee. He also lost his splitboard, but we were able to recover the parts and reassemble it.
He was able to slowly ride the rest of the run by enduring the pain then skin to the highway.
We went to the hospital in Golden and are safe back at the hotel.
For others, take care in this area or other similar terrain because we also saw many other collapses on the way down, it really unstable in this area.
