US EditionSnowmobiler dies in avalanche in Rocky Mountains in northeastern B.C.
Avalanche Canada reported the considerable danger rating and said 80% of fatal avalanche accidents occur in British Columbia, where one snowmobiler died after being fully buried.
- On Jan. 1, 2026, Avalanche Canada reported a snowmobiler was caught and buried in an avalanche near Tumbler Ridge in northern B.C., The Canadian Press first published the report that day.
- In the wind-affected Bullmoose area, a snowmobile remotely triggered a slide about 35 kilometres southwest of Tumbler Ridge, where Avalanche Canada had rated danger as considerable.
- Measured at about 300 metres by 240 metres, the avalanche prompted companion rescuers to attempt prompt rescue, while no other injured people were reported, according to the Avalanche Canada incident report.
- Avalanche Canada declined to comment on specific incidents, and the RCMP did not immediately respond to media requests for comment.
- Tumbler Ridge sits roughly 175 kilometres northeast of Prince George, and Avalanche Canada notes about 80 per cent of fatal avalanche accidents occur in British Columbia.
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Snowmobiler Dies in Avalanche in Rocky Mountains in Northeastern BC
A snowmobiler has died after being buried by an avalanche in the Rocky Mountains in northeastern British Columbia. Avalanche Canada says three snowmobilers were riding in the Bullmoose area near Tumbler Ridge on Tuesday when an avalanche was remotely triggered from the base of the slope. The organization says one of the three was fully buried and did not survive, despite rescue attempts by the other snowmobilers. Avalanche Canada says the avalan…
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Snowmobiler dies in avalanche in Rocky Mountains in northeastern B.C.
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A snowmobiler died after being buried by an avalanche in the Rocky Mountains in northeastern British Columbia. According to Avalanche Canada, three snowmobilers were travelling on Tuesday in the Bullmoose area near Tumbler Ridge, when an avalanche was triggered remotely from the bottom of the slope. The organization states that one snowmobiler was completely buried and did not survive, despite attempts to rescue other snowmobilers. The avalanche…
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