Avalanche survivor from 2003 calling 2023 a challenging season, says be cautious, aware
Wylie was one of 13 caught in the avalanche in January 2003 north of Revelstoke, B.C. Seven people died.
Experts have compared this year’s snowpack, with a weak layer of sugar-like crystals buried near the bottom, to that of 2003, when avalanches in Western Canada killed 29 people, most of them in B.C.Five people have died in three B.C. avalanches so far this January. Avalanche Canada, a forecasting, training and safety agency, says the layers are deep enough that people are less likely to see clues of instability but there remains a serious potential for large, human-triggered avalanches.
Wylie, who was an apprentice guide in 2003, said he shoulders some responsibility for what happened during that trip, including by not listening to a group member who he said was uncomfortable with the situation prior to the avalanche.Here is a timeline of avalanche events this season:A skier suffers life-threatening injuries in a slide near Emerald Lake in southeast B.C., near the Alberta border.
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