Event CategoryDisaster
Event GroupNatural
Event SubgroupMeteorological - Hydrological
Event TypeAvalanche
PlaceGlacier National Park BC
Event Start DateDecember 7, 1999
Event End DateDecember 7, 1999
CommentsGlacier National Park, BC, December 7, 1999. One skier was killed and four others injured after being swept up in a wall of snow that rumbled down a mountain in B.C.'s Glacier National Park. The 400-metre-wide slide occurred on the west shoulder of Mt. MacDonald in a popular back-country skiing area.
Fatalities1
Injured / Infected4
Evacuated0
Estimated Total CostUnknown
Federal DFAA Payments$0
Provincial DFAA Payments$0
Provincial Department PaymentsUnknown
Municipal CostsUnknown
OGD CostsUnknown
Insurance PaymentsUnknown
NGO PaymentsUnknown
Utility - People Affected0
Magnitude0.0