VALEMONT, British Columbia (AP) — A third deadly avalanche in British Columbia within a week has killed two French skiers as they were coming down a mountain after being dropped off by helicopter.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Sunday a slide in Wells Gray Provincial Park buried three skiers on Saturday, killing two men aged 65 and 19.
Police say in a press release that the third man caught in the slide was rescued without injuries.
Police say the dead men were found with the help of avalanche beacon locators but they were unconscious and couldn’t be resuscitated. Their families have requested their names not be released.
The avalanche occurred when a licensed heli-ski operator had a group of 10 skiers and two guides descending a run in the park’s Cariboo Mountain range.
