- Submitted by
- Parks Canada Visitor Safety
- Observations date
- Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 01:00
- Location
- 52.139330° N 116.984620° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:00
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Slab thickness
- 40cm
- Slab width
- 14m
- Run length
- 200m
- Avalanche Character
- Cornice with slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- NW
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 1,900m
- Start zone incline
- 38°
Comments
A north west facing sidewall was impacted by either a cornice or rockfall which triggered a small slab that funneled into the Polar Circus gully below the Pencil feature. Two climbers were descending (walking down gully between pitches) and were caught and carried down slope by the slide. Climbers were not buried but sustained injuries that required them to be rescued.
