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Incident Details
- Date
- 2013-01-05
- Location
- Mt. Seymour first peak area
- Location Description
- Province
- BC
- Mountain Range
- Coast Mountains
- Coordinates
- 0 0
- Elevation
- -
- Activity
- Ice Climbing
- Involvement
- 0
- Injury
- 0
- Fatality
- 0
- Description
- After ice climbing on the Climber's Left side of First Peak, we hiked back along the ridge to the First Peak trail. It's white out situation. Writer stepped near a cornice by accident. The cornice collapsed. Writer slided down for 3m along the slope. No burial. Writer managed to climb back up. No injury.
| Date/time |
Size |
Type |
Trigger |
Elevation |
Aspect |
Slab width |
Slab thickness |
| 2013-01-05 17:00 |
1 |
S |
O |
- |
U |
5m |
100cm |
| Present Temp |
Max Temp |
Min Temp |
24hr Trend |
Wind Speed |
Wind Direction |
Sky Condition |
Precipitation Type & Intensity |
| - |
- |
- |
Steady |
S |
U |
OVC |
Snow 2cm/ hour |
- Weather comment
| Snowpack |
24hr Snow |
Storm Snow |
Storm Date |
| - |
13 |
- |
- |
- Snowpack comment
| Document Date |
Title |
Source |
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