Drone video captures amazing power of avalanche as it sweeps down Canadian mountain

VANCOUVER ISLAND, Canada - A drone pilot who was in the middle of packing up his gear for the day was able to get it back into the air just in time to see a powerful avalanche sweeping down a mountain and crashing to the ground below on Canada’s Vancouver Island.Drone pilot Mactac told Storyful that he noticed the snow starting to sweep down Nahmint Mountain on May 2 when he rushed to get the drone back into the air to capture video of the mesmerizing moment."I scrambled to get the drone back into the air as fast as I could, just in time to catch a huge amount of snow hitting the base of the mountain," he told Storyful.He said that while the moment was breathtaking, it was also scary."Even from a kilometer away, the sound was huge," he added. "It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get a view of an avalanche just meters above the snow."Avalanche Canada said it issued a "considerable" avalanche warning across Vancouver Island on May 2.

Featured What could've been a deadly situation is now being praised as a textbook rescue in the backcountry on Mount Baker.And the non-profit group British Columbia Search and Rescue Association (BCSARA) shared the video to highlight the dangers and concerns of avalanches.Dwight Yochim of BCSARA said the drone video demonstrated a "unique perspective to see the power of an avalanche and the damage it can do," according to Storyful."That kind of avalanche is bone-breaking, dangerous stuff," he told CTV News. "This time of year, the snow is just like flowing, wet cement.