Avalanche incident close to Samuel Glacier parking area

Submitted by: Stephie Saal
Observations date: Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at 22:00
Location: 59.759830° N 136.622900° W
Reporting on: Snow conditions

Group details

Total in the group?: 3
People fully buried?: 2
People partly buried with normal breathing?: 1
People involved?: 3

Comments

Pictures taken on the 1/1/2020 of the avalanche that caused two casualties on 30/12/2019. Roughly drew in the crown in one of them as light conditions were poor. See news reports for details of the incident. Sending out our thoughts to the families and friends of the victims!