BURSTThree backcountry skiers have died after being caught in an avalanche in southeastern B.C. A fourth skier survived and is in critical condition.
The three skiers, who have not been named, were identified as a 44-year-old Whistler man, a 45-year-old Idaho man and their 53-year-old guide from Kaslo. RCMP said the avalanche occurred in the village of Kaslo, on the east side of Kootenay Lake, around 1 p.m.
“Two groups of skiers had just finished skiing the bowl and were waiting in a staging area below the tree line of Clute Creek water shed. A transport helicopter was nearing the group when the pilot observed an avalanche and sounded the siren,” the RCMP said in a news release. One group of skiers was able to get out of the way but the other group of four was swept away into the tree line.
A fourth person, a 40-year-old man from Nelson, was critically injured, police said. The BC Coroners Service is now investigating. Avalanche Canada noted the avalanche danger as high in the area, saying, “Rising temperatures are creating very dangerous avalanche conditions and terrible riding quality. No reason to go near avalanche terrain.”
Three heli-skiers were killed on Monday after being swept away in an avalanche near Kaslo in B.C.’s West Kootenay region. https://t.co/1CIpLPKzTi
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