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Avalanche Buries Snowmobiler

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.24.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - Search and rescue crews have located the body of a snowmobiler caught in an avalanche west of Kimberley, B.C., on Saturday.The man — who...

Avalanche Buries Skier Near Whistler

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.19.2013 | Canada British Columbia

WHISTLER, B.C. - A skier was sent to hospital but believed to be uninjured after an avalanche hit a group of backcountry skiers on Tuesday near the Br...

Avalanche Risk Soars Amid Pineapple Express

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.01.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - The Canadian Avalanche Centre has issued a rarely used extreme avalanche rating, stressing the danger in many of British Columbia's mounta...

B.C. Avalanche Danger Ramps Up

CBC | Posted 05.01.2013 | Canada British Columbia

The first Pineapple Express storm of the season — a blast of warm, moist, sub-tropical air and torrential rain — has hit B.C.'s South Coast, hikin...

Skier's Body Recovered From Revelstoke Avalanche

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.25.2013 | Canada British Columbia

UPDATE - Feb. 25, 2013: Holger Achim Fritz, 24, was killed in the Revelstoke avalanche. Fritz was originally from Stuttgart, Germany, but most recentl...

Revelstoke Avalanche Kills Skier

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.24.2013 | Canada British Columbia

REVELSTOKE, B.C. - An avalanche has swept down the backside of the Revelstoke Mountain Resort, catching up a group of three skiers and killing one of ...

Cypress Skier Rescued

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.24.2013 | Canada British Columbia

WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. - A lost skier who called 911 from a gully on Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver has been rescued just as the forecast calls for ...

B.C. Avalanche Danger Warning Upgraded

CBC | Posted 04.24.2013 | Canada British Columbia

The Canadian Avalanche Centre has upgraded the danger rating to "high" throughout most alpine and treeline regions of B.C. mountains, and is discourag...

Heli-Skier Dies In B.C. Avalanche

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.21.2013 | Canada British Columbia

INVERMERE, B.C. - A 34-year-old German skier was killed and another skier injured after being buried in an avalanche in the Purcell Mountains in south...

Avalanche Risk High In Parts Of B.C.

CBC | Posted 04.12.2013 | Canada British Columbia

The Canadian Avalanche Centre says changes in the snow pack have increased the risk of avalanches through much of B.C.’s southern interior. ...

B.C. Ice Climbers Survive Avalanche

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.11.2013 | Canada British Columbia

FIELD, B.C. - Two B.C. ice climbers dodged death, along with torrents of snow and ice, while climbing a frozen waterfall in Yoho National Park in sout...

Injured Skier Airlifted To Safety

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.11.2013 | Canada British Columbia

COURTENAY, B.C. - An 18-year-old skier injured in a small avalanche in Strathcona Provincial Park on Vancouver Island has been airlifted to safety.The...

B.C. Avalanche Risk Runs High

CBC | Posted 01.31.2013 | Canada British Columbia

The Canadian Avalanche Centre is warning skiers and snowboarders about a high avalanche risk in parts of the province. The warning includ...

B.C.'s High Avalanche Risk

CBC | Posted 01.29.2013 | Canada British Columbia

A heavy snowfall forecast for the Sea to Sky region north of Vancouver has pushed the avalanche danger rating up to high for the first time this seaso...

B.C. Avalanche Sweeps Surveyor Over Cliff

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.24.2012 | Canada British Columbia

STEWART, B.C. - A 50-year-old man has been identified as the person killed in an avalanche in northwest B.C. Tuesday.The B.C. Coroner's Service says P...

One Dead In B.C. Avalanche

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.23.2012 | Canada British Columbia

STEWART, B.C. - The Coroners Service of British Columbia says one person is dead following an avalanche in the province's northwest.Coroner Barb McLin...

Skiers Rescued After Avalanche Near Invermere, B.C.

CP | Posted 04.02.2012 | Canada

INVERMERE, B.C. - Search crews who scoured an avalanche debris field on a mountainside in southeast B.C. after two people were pulled out alive say it...

Another Skier Dead In BC

CBC | Posted 05.21.2012 | Canada

A man and woman have died in an avalanche near Nelson, B.C., police say. The avalanche occurred at about 10 a.m. PT Wednesday...

Rescuers Recover B.C. Avalanche Victim

CBC | Posted 05.13.2012 | Canada

Police have confirmed that the skier killed in an avalanche near Revelstoke, B.C. on Sunday was a 33-year-old man from Calgary. ...

Skier Killed In B.C. Avalanche

CBC | Posted 05.12.2012 | Canada

A skier has become the third victim of B.C. backcountry avalanches in a week after being caught in snowslide near Revelstoke on Sunday af...

Skier Killed In B.C. Avalanche

CBC | Posted 04.04.2012 | Canada

A skier has been killed in an avalanche near Nelson, in southeastern B.C. The slide occurred on Meadow Mountain at about 11:0...

Skier Dies In B.C. Avalanche

CBC | Posted 03.07.2012 | Canada

A skier from the United States has been killed in an avalanche in Golden, B.C. RCMP said a group of skiers was caught in the...

Avalanche Strikes Again In B.C.

CBC | Posted 03.03.2012 | Canada

Police say two skiers who triggered an avalanche in the backcountry east of Pemberton, B.C., have been rescued. The slide cam...

B.C. Avalanche Victim Identified

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.02.2012 | Canada

REVELSTOKE, B.C. - RCMP have identified the 45-year-old man who died in an avalanche while on a heli-skiing tour near Revelstoke, in southeast B.C.Pol...

Skier Killed In B.C. Avalanche

CBC | Posted 02.29.2012 | Canada

The skier who died overnight Thursday after a backcountry avalanche has been identified as a ski patroller from the Whistler Blackcomb re...