Avalanche in B.C. claims the life of one skier
Posted Feb 23, 2013 01:08:26 AM.
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One man has been killed after a group of off-road skiers were caught up in an avalanche on the back side of the Revelstoke Mountain Resort in B.C.
Rob Elliot, general manager of the Revelstoke Mountain Resort, says a group of five or six men were skiing when the avalanche came down, swallowing three of the men.
RCMP confirm one of them died in the tragic slide.
Elliot says the group was skiing outside the boundaries of the resort.
The Canadian Avalanche Centre sent out warnings on Friday, February 22, that the avalanche danger was extremely high in many areas of the province.
The high rating means travel isn’t recommended in alpine and treeline areas and human-triggered avalanches are likely.
