First Avalanche Fatality of 2012/13
Not skiing or boarding, but the abundance of early snow this year also means early avalanche risk. This from The Province:
STEWART — The Coroners Service of British Columbia says one person is dead following an avalanche in the province’s northwest.
Coroner Barb McLintock says little is known about the incident except that it took place in a remote area and the closest community is Stewart, near the border with Alaska.
McLintock says two men from an industrial camp were working when the avalanche hit.
She says one escaped but the other did not, and a coroner from Terrace is investigating the incident. Police are due on the scene Wednesday morning.
McLintock says it’s very early in the season for an avalanche to claim a life, noting the first fatality last year was reported in the middle of November.
That incident claimed the life of 40-year-old Dallas Shane Mayert, who was snowmobiling with a friends in the Torpy Mountain recreation area, about 100 kilometres northeast of Prince George.
