Mt Temple SW ridge cornice incident

Incident

Group Size

2

Terrain Trap

cliff

Group Activity

skiing

Number Injured

1

Number Involved

1

Number Caught Only

0

Number Fully Buried

0

Number Partly Buried Able Breathing

0

Number Partly Buried Impaired Breathing

0

Party of two skiers climbing up the SW ridge of Mt Temple and planning to ski down the same way. The first person was kicking steps up the summit ridge and fell through the cornice at 3350 meters near some rocks, triggering a small slab below. The person was carried ~650 m down the SW face towards Sentinal Pass, through some cliffs, and stopped at 2950 meters.