Gaspesie avalanche 2/19/25 - roadside

[ex-powderbroker]

https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/02/...rtent-indemnes

Quelle surprise? fortunately this one has an ok ending.

The area is hardly Rogers pass but there’s a lot of snow, it’s fairly remote, and the 132 passes some steep terrain as it winds its way around the gulf.

The article suggests it may have been triggered by some climbers above. It also says the car was buried though and in the fb video the lady walks out. maybe there was another car?

New access issues for skiers and climbers coming as comments proliferate about how outdoors enthusiasts put everyone at risk? probably.

video evidence from fb:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DK...ibextid=69CR2R

and here’s will gadd on the route above the slide a couple of years ago:

https://www.reddit.com/r/climbing/s/vEQP4oBqW4

it’d be interesting to know what the avy forecast was the previous few days but the site is throwing an error for me.




It’s probably a good reminder for people visiting the chic chocs to take the terrain seriously given the annual incidents the last few years though.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montr...ains-1.7156889

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montr...ains-1.6770597

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montr...ebec-1.5469032

[danmelon]

Was high the day before the incident. Not unheard of to see this rating in the report, but unusual




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[danmelon]

They interviewed the couple who were “stuck in their car” on cbc this am. Seems like the vehicle was buried, but they managed to get out.


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[grinch]

Atleast in the west, the ministry would control anything that could hit the road.
I kept thinking the others shouldve stayed in their vehicles where it didnt slide and back up out of the slide path. I cant tell if there was still hangfire where it slid but the debris pile may have been the safer spot. I guess the paramedics haven't been trained on that

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[nickinbc]

In the video there is someone on the shoulder of the road who nearly gets caught and the slide was certainly big enough to bury them. Probably needed a change of underwear afterwards.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6655091

[grinch]

Im surprised the slope ajoining that slide stuck.
Hopefully there will be a follow up story

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