An avalanche hazard warning of "considerable" is shown near Mount Renshaw outside of McBride, B.C., on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
INVERMERE, B.C. – The number of people killed in British Columbia avalanches this season has grown to 12 after three foreign nationals were swept away by a slide near Invermere on Wednesday.
RCMP say the three were among 10 heli-skiers caught by the slide near the Panorama Mountain Resort, about 150 kilometres southwest of Banff, Alta.
Cpl. James Grady says everyone in the group has been accounted for, and four are injured but are expected to recover.
He says all the skiers except the guide were from outside Canada, but did not release their hometowns.
This is the sixth deadly avalanche in B.C. since the season started in November.
Avalanche Canada has been warning backcountry users about unstable conditions across most of the province, saying the snowpack in the Interior is incredibly complex and difficult.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on March 2, 2023.
