INVERMERE, B.C.—Avalanche Canada has released more details about the deadly avalanche that killed three German citizens in southeastern British Columbia last week.
It says in an incident report that nine heli−skiers and one guide were about 30 km southwest of Invermere, B.C., in the Coppercrown Mountain region on a run called “Too bad about the skiing.”
It says the guide was regrouping higher up on the run, when “the fifth person in the group triggered a settlement at the regroup, which initiated the avalanche above.”
The organization says the entire group was swept into the sparse forested area next to the larger avalanche path….