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Rescuers In B.C. Work To Recover Two Sledders Killed In Avalanche

The Canadian Press, 15 Mar, 2016 12:48 PM

BLUE RIVER, B.C. — A search and rescue team was sent Tuesday to help recover the bodies of two snowmobilers who died in an avalanche northeast of Kamloops, B.C.

The two victims were among a group of seven sledding northwest of Blue River on Monday night, said Alan Hobler, a spokesman for the Kamloops Search and Rescue team.

Avalanche Canada official Joe Lammers urged backcountry skiers and sledders to take special care.

"It can feel like spring, you'll get those warm sunny days, but March is statistically the most deadly month for avalanches," he said.

"You are combining those warm days with a complicated winter snow pack."

A snowmobiler was engulfed by an avalanche in North Shuswap last weekend and rescue crews recovered his body Monday near Crowfoot Mountain, north of Celista.

Twelve people have died in avalanches across Western Canada so far this season.

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