“We have said this multiple times already this year, the snowpack in the backcountry of the Sea to Sky is unstable and is subject to considerable and high avalanche risks,” Sgt. Sascha Banks said in a news release.
“This is relevant for close proximity and popular backcountry areas such as Blackcomb Glacier, to Garibaldi Provincial Park, and the Brandywine Bowl from January,” Banks continued. “I cannot stress enough that you need appropriate avalanche equipment, train how to use it, recognize risk, and have up to date beacons/transceivers and that you know how to use them.”
The avalanche follows two other calls on Thursday about an overdue backcountry skier and two other backcountry skiers caught in an avalanche near Super Couloir Area on Mamquam Mountain. The overdue backcountry was found and both Mamquam skiers had to be extracted from the avalanche.
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Police now say two avalanches near Whistler are responsible for injuring two skiers and killing another.
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Posted: Feb 12, 2021 9:33 PM ET | Last Updated: February 13
Two skiers were injured and one was killed after an avalanche off Blackcomb Glacier on Friday.(Submitted by: B.C. Emergency Health Services) comments
At least one skier has died and two were injured in two avalanches near Whistler, B.C., on Friday, according to RCMP.
Mounties received word that multiple skiers had been swept up in one avalanche in the Poop Chutes off Blackcomb Glacier at around 3:20 p.m., according to a police press release. The avalanche was