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Skier killed in B.C.avalanche
WebPosted Jan 9 2004 07:32 AM PST
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - A backcountry skier from the U.S. has died in an avalanche in the mountains 50 kilometres east of Revelstoke
The 46-year-old man was part of a group of 12 skiers from Colorado, accompanied by two guides in the Mount Justin-Mount Devine area.
The slide carried the man 300 metres down the mountain, where he struck a tree and was partially buried.
Revelstoke RCMP Staff-Sgt. Randy Brown says the man received treatment almost immediately because a doctor was part of the group.
"However, the severe trauma was such that when he arrived at Queen Victorian Hospital (in Revelstoke) he was pronounced dead. None of the other skiers were involved in the avalanche or harmed," he says.
Brown says it appears the man was killed by the impact with the tree and not from the slide itself.
The victim's name hasn't been released pending notification of next of kin.
The Canadian Avalanche Association said the slide danger in the region Thursday was rated as high.
The fatality less than two weeks before the anniversary of a massive slide last year that killed seven people on the nearby Durrand Glacier.
