BREAKING: 1 dead, 3 injured in avalanche in northwestern B.C.
An avalanche in northwestern B.C. killed one heliskier and left three others injured Tuesday afternoon .
A group of five was touring around a remote mountain lodge about 150 kilometres north of Stewart when they were caught in the slide, Last Frontier Heliskiing said in a statement. Three of them were injured and one died. “Our thoughts are with families and friends impacted by this tragedy,” the heliskiing company said, noting that they are working with authorities as the incident is reviewed.Tuesday’s fatality brings the total number of avalanche deaths in B.C. this season to 13.
Experts warned near the start of the season that it would be a particularly dangerous one because of weak layers of snow buried beneath heavier ones. They said such conditions hadn’t been seen since 2003, when a record 29 people died in avalanches across Canada. In an average year, Avalanche Canada says about 10 people are killed nationwide. March is typically the deadliest.
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