- Submitted by
- snow.safety
- Observations date
- Monday, October 29, 2018 at 18:00
- Location
- 51.755120° N 116.557140° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-116.55714,51.75512,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Avalanche Involvement")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Activity
- Skiing
Group details
- Total in the group?
- 3
- People fully buried?
- 0
- People partly buried with normal breathing?
- 0
- People not injured (caught but not buried)?
- 3
- People injured (caught but not buried)?
- 0
- People involved?
- 3
Terrain details
- Terrain shape at trigger point
- Planar
- Snow depth at trigger point
- Shallow
- Terrain traps
- Gully or depression
Comments
Parks Canada responded to an InReach activation for three skiiers who were hit by a natural avalanche in a couloir on the east ridge of Mt. Patterson. There were no burials, but all three went for a ~100m tumble sustaining various injuries, the worst being a head injury and broken ribs. Gear was lost and all three were evacuated to a waiting ambulance. The avalanche appeared to be a loose dry avalanche that gained mass and was concentrated in the steep gullied terrain
