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Skier accidental avalanche - White Rabbit area

Published
Jan 13th, 2022 2:20 PM
snow.safety
Glacier
Details

Type

incident

Coordinates

51.473750, -116.166931

Incident

Skier accidentally triggered a slab avalanche size 2-2.5 in the backcountry adjacent to the Lake Louise ski area, resulting in a partial burial with injuries. The slab appears to have failed 30-50 cm down, was about 120 m wide and ran about 200 m. Suspect the failure plain was a facet layer above the Dec 2 crust, but observations were limited due to time of day.