B.C. avalanches kill four skiers in deadly backcountry weekend

4 Dead After Separate Avalanches Strike Northwest BC

Four people are dead and one man is injured following two separate backcountry avalanches in northern British Columbia over the weekend. Three heli-skiers died on Mount Knauss near Terrace, B.C., while a fourth person was killed during a separate incident near Pleasant Camp, raising total avalanche fatalities in the province to nine this winter. Terrace RCMP officers received a report of an avalanche on Mount Knauss at 1:28 p.m. on March 22, the…

4 skiers were killed in separate BC avalanches over the weekend

Police say three heli-skiers were killed on Sunday when they were caught in an avalanche north of Terrace, B.C., on a deadly day in the province's backcountry that also claimed the life of another skier in a separate slide near the Alaska border.RCMP say the avalanche near Terrace happened on Mount Knauss on the Iridium Shoulder ski run at around 1:28 p.m., when police received a report of four heli-skiers being struck.Emergency responders arriv…

4 dead, 1 airlifted to hospital after avalanches in B.C. backcountry

Four people are dead following two separate avalanches Sunday in the northern British Columbia backcountry.

B.C. avalanches kill four skiers in deadly backcountry weekend

It was the second fatal avalanche in B.C. on Sunday as officials warned of dangerous conditions.

Four dead in two northwest B.C. avalanches

It was a deadly Sunday in the B.C. backcountry with four people dying in two separate avalanches.

Three heli-skiers killed in avalanche near Terrace, B.C.

One survivor with serious injuries was airlifted to hospital after Sunday’s avalanche