The ski area markers line the ski run looking towards the Stairway to Heaven chairlift at Kicking Horse Mountain resort in Golden, B.C. on Thursday Feb. 26, 2009. (Jeff Bassett / THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Two dead as avalanche hits B.C. ski resort
Updated: Sat Mar. 07 2009 17:04:47
ctvbc.ca
Two people are dead after the Kicking Horse ski resort in Golden, B.C., was hit by an avalanche, Saturday.
CTV has learned that the avalanche occurred within the boundaries of the resort.
"My information is that two people are deceased,'' said Jennifer Henkes, spokesperson for the Interior Health Authority East Kootenay District in Cranbrook, B.C.
However she was unable to say whether other skiers are either missing or injured as a result of the avalanche.
Henkes said the two victims were declared dead upon arrival at the Golden and District Hospital in Golden, B.C.
For updates on this story, check CTV News at 6:00 p.m.
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In Bounds Avalanche, Kicking Horse
Started by mikest2, Mar 07 2009 05:11 PM
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Posted 07 March 2009 - 05:20 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Two dead after in-bounds avalanche at Kicking Horse Resort
Updated: Sat Mar. 07 2009 17:59:04
ctvcalgary.ca
An in-bounds avalanche at Kicking House Mountain Resort in Golden, B.C. has killed two people.
It happened around 2:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon on a ski run in the Feuz Bowl area, a black diamond run, just off the Stairway to Heaven chair lift.
At the time, there were white-out conditions at the top of the mountain.
All the runs were immediately closed.
Helicopters continue to search for potential victims.
The ski patrol is searching on the ground.
A spokesperson with BC Ambulance Services tells CTV News search and rescue personnel took three people off the mountain and they were taken by ambulance to hospital in Golden.
Hospital spokesperson, Jennifer Hanks, confirms two of those people are dead.
The search for more victims continues.
More details will be posted as they become available.
Link to CTV
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Updated: Sat Mar. 07 2009 17:59:04
ctvcalgary.ca
An in-bounds avalanche at Kicking House Mountain Resort in Golden, B.C. has killed two people.
It happened around 2:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon on a ski run in the Feuz Bowl area, a black diamond run, just off the Stairway to Heaven chair lift.
At the time, there were white-out conditions at the top of the mountain.
All the runs were immediately closed.
Helicopters continue to search for potential victims.
The ski patrol is searching on the ground.
A spokesperson with BC Ambulance Services tells CTV News search and rescue personnel took three people off the mountain and they were taken by ambulance to hospital in Golden.
Hospital spokesperson, Jennifer Hanks, confirms two of those people are dead.
The search for more victims continues.
More details will be posted as they become available.
Link to CTV
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/C...ishColumbiaHome
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/C...ishColumbiaHome
...Mike
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Posted 07 March 2009 - 05:32 PM
Golden avalanche kills two skiers
By Staff Reporter, The ProvinceMarch 7, 2009 5:31 PMBe the first to post a comment
Two skiers were swept away in an avalanche just north of Golden's Kicking Horse Mountain Resort Saturday afternoon.
RCMP received a call at about 2:23 p.m. that the avalanche had occurred.
Five minutes later resort safety personnel and Golden Search and Rescue determined that the avalanche had been triggered by four skiers, two of whom were reported missing.
Shortly before 3 p.m. one skier was found and uncovered by searchers, and the second was found and uncovered about five minutes later.
Both skiers were flown by helicopter to Golden District Hospital, where they were declared dead.
The resort says the avalanche occurred in "a permanent avalanche closure, within the controlled recreation area" of the resort.
According to the Canadian Avalanche Centre, the avalanche risk for the area is considerable, meaning that natural avalanches are possible and human-triggered avalanches probable. A travel advisory posted to the centre's website Friday stated, "Conditions are primed for human-triggering and therefore recreational avalanche incidents."
RCMP are investigating, but no one could be reached for comment
http://www.theprovince.com/Golden+avalanch...6070/story.html
By Staff Reporter, The ProvinceMarch 7, 2009 5:31 PMBe the first to post a comment
Two skiers were swept away in an avalanche just north of Golden's Kicking Horse Mountain Resort Saturday afternoon.
RCMP received a call at about 2:23 p.m. that the avalanche had occurred.
Five minutes later resort safety personnel and Golden Search and Rescue determined that the avalanche had been triggered by four skiers, two of whom were reported missing.
Shortly before 3 p.m. one skier was found and uncovered by searchers, and the second was found and uncovered about five minutes later.
Both skiers were flown by helicopter to Golden District Hospital, where they were declared dead.
The resort says the avalanche occurred in "a permanent avalanche closure, within the controlled recreation area" of the resort.
According to the Canadian Avalanche Centre, the avalanche risk for the area is considerable, meaning that natural avalanches are possible and human-triggered avalanches probable. A travel advisory posted to the centre's website Friday stated, "Conditions are primed for human-triggering and therefore recreational avalanche incidents."
RCMP are investigating, but no one could be reached for comment
http://www.theprovince.com/Golden+avalanch...6070/story.html
...Mike
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