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Incident Details
- Date
- 2012-03-31
- Location
- 10km West of Golden
- Location Description
- Province
- BC
- Mountain Range
- Purcell Mtn Range
- Coordinates
- 0 0
- Elevation
- 2300m
- Activity
- Backcountry Skiing
- Involvement
- 1
- Injury
- 0
- Fatality
- 0
- Description
- Skier Sc upper SZ with NR or sign of instability. Skier then continued down slope. Once mid slope upper SZ released from above propagating down ridge line. Skier tried to escape but was unsuccessful and carried to runout on to flats. Full burial dwn 160cm. Successful rescue in 4 mins. Prior to skiing slope shear tests were performed. CTM(SP) dwn 40cm failing in PP 1-2mm above 3cm sc. (Two rescuers were at the bottom of slope as skier began to ski down)
| Date/time |
Size |
Type |
Trigger |
Elevation |
Aspect |
Slab width |
Slab thickness |
| 2012-03-31 12:30 |
3 |
S |
S |
2300 |
s |
150m |
50cm |
| Present Temp |
Max Temp |
Min Temp |
24hr Trend |
Wind Speed |
Wind Direction |
Sky Condition |
Precipitation Type & Intensity |
| - |
- |
- |
Falling |
L |
SW |
BKN |
None |
- Weather comment
| Snowpack |
24hr Snow |
Storm Snow |
Storm Date |
| - |
30 |
- |
- |
- Snowpack comment
| Document Date |
Title |
Source |
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