Mt Kalmont
Ride Hard! Ride Safe!
Ride Hard! Ride Safe!
Between 1984 and 2003, almost half of the avalanche incidents in Canada occurred in the interior ranges of British Columbia due to more intense weather conditions (compared to 34% in the Rocky Mountains and 16% in the Coast Mountains). Almost three quarters of the fatal incidents, between 1984 and 2003, occurred in the triangle between Vancouver Island, Pincher Creek and Hinton, Alberta, an area with a high level of recreational activity.
Recent heavy snowfalls turned deadly for three snowmobilers in the backcountry of B.C. earlier this week.
On Tuesday, officials confirmed two Alberta snowmobilers died Monday in an avalanche near an unnamed peak about 30 kilometres southwest of Blue River.
Five other snowmobilers in the group survived the incident near Wells Grey Provincial Park and were able to dig the men out, but efforts to revive them failed.
Search and rescue officials and an RCMP helicopter helped recover the bodies on Tuesday. Neither the names of the men nor their hometowns in Alberta have been released.