Skier Accidental Howard Douglas Creek
Quick reportParks Canada Visitor Safety ยท Mar 22, 2025
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Avalanche Size
- 2.5
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- NE
- Avalanche Character
- persistentSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- facets
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-03-22T17:30:00.000Z
Second skier skied to their left to get off of moving snow while the first skier was well down the slope and kept skiing to avoid being caught. A large slab propagated to the right along ridgecrest down into Howard Douglas Creek.