Two Experienced Snowmobilers Killed In Avalanche in Wells Grey Provincial Park Near Blue River, BC
Blue River, British Columbia – On Monday, March 14, 2016 an avalanche buried two members of a group of seven experienced snowmobilers sledding northwest of Blue River, British Columbia in Wells Grey Provincial Park. The two Albertan snowmobilers caught in the avalanche did not survive.
The other five snowmobilers were equipped with proper rescue gear and were able to locate and dig out the buried men. Unfortunately, resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful.
Kamloops Search and Rescue and Wells Grey SAR responded to the scene at first light on Tuesday morning.
We will try to update this post as more information becomes available.
There have been 13 avalanche fatalities in Canada this year – 12 snowmobilers and 1 skier (CTVNews.ca).
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Read more about the two snowmobilers who died in an avalanche near Blue River, BC from these sources:
- DailyTownsMan.com
- RevelstokeMountaineer.com
- EdmontonJournal.com
- CTVNews.ca
- GlobalNews.ca
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On Sunday, March 13, 2016 a snowmobiler died near Shuswap Lake in BC.
