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Avalanche Buries Snowmobiler

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.26.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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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...

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Avalanche Buries Skier Near Whistler

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

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Avalanche Risk Soars Amid Pineapple Express

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.01.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - The Canadian Avalanche Centre has issued a rarely used extreme avalanche rating, stressing the danger in many of British Columbia's mounta...

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B.C. Avalanche Danger Ramps Up

CBC | Posted 05.01.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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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...

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Skier's Body Recovered From Revelstoke Avalanche

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.25.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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UPDATE - Feb. 25, 2013: Holger Achim Fritz, 24, was killed in the Revelstoke avalanche. Fritz was originally from Stuttgart, Germany, but most recentl...

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Revelstoke Avalanche Kills Skier

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

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Cypress Skier Rescued

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

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B.C. Avalanche Danger Warning Upgraded

CBC | Posted 04.24.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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The Canadian Avalanche Centre has upgraded the danger rating to "high" throughout most alpine and treeline regions of B.C. mountains, and is discourag...

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Heli-Skier Dies In B.C. Avalanche

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

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Avalanche Risk High In Parts Of B.C.

CBC | Posted 04.12.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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The Canadian Avalanche Centre says changes in the snow pack have increased the risk of avalanches through much of B.C.’s southern interior. ...

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B.C. Ice Climbers Survive Avalanche

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

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Injured Skier Airlifted To Safety

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

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B.C. Avalanche Risk Runs High

CBC | Posted 01.31.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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The Canadian Avalanche Centre is warning skiers and snowboarders about a high avalanche risk in parts of the province. The warning includ...

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B.C.'s High Avalanche Risk

CBC | Posted 01.29.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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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...

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B.C. Avalanche Sweeps Surveyor Over Cliff

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

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One Dead In B.C. Avalanche

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

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Skiers Rescued After Avalanche Near Invermere, B.C.

CP | Posted 04.02.2012 | Canada
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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...

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Another Skier Dead In BC

CBC | Posted 05.21.2012 | Canada
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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...

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Rescuers Recover B.C. Avalanche Victim

CBC | Posted 05.13.2012 | Canada
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Police have confirmed that the skier killed in an avalanche near Revelstoke, B.C. on Sunday was a 33-year-old man from Calgary. ...

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Skier Killed In B.C. Avalanche

CBC | Posted 05.12.2012 | Canada
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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...

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Skier Killed In B.C. Avalanche

CBC | Posted 04.04.2012 | Canada
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A skier has been killed in an avalanche near Nelson, in southeastern B.C. The slide occurred on Meadow Mountain at about 11:0...

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Skier Dies In B.C. Avalanche

CBC | Posted 03.07.2012 | Canada
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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...

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Avalanche Strikes Again In B.C.

CBC | Posted 03.03.2012 | Canada
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Police say two skiers who triggered an avalanche in the backcountry east of Pemberton, B.C., have been rescued. The slide cam...

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B.C. Avalanche Victim Identified

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.02.2012 | Canada
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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...

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Skier Killed In B.C. Avalanche

CBC | Posted 02.29.2012 | Canada
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The skier who died overnight Thursday after a backcountry avalanche has been identified as a ski patroller from the Whistler Blackcomb re...

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