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| NE Shoulder of Chair Peak, Snoqualmie Pass, Wa. |
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| Crested Butte |
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| Lucky Shot, Crystal Mt, |
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| Ellie, Greg, and Chris |
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| Ellie and Francine enjoy a burrito Crested Butte |
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| Ellie rides off into the distance |
News Report: A female
skier died after being injured in an avalanche Friday while backcountry skiing
with a group in British Columbia’s Selkirk Mountain Range.
The skier,
who was part of a ski tour group with Fairy Meadows, was caught in the slide
southeast of Fairy Meadows lodge on the Gothics Glacier at around 3:15 p.m.,
according to Golden and District Search and Rescue.
“The subject
was fully buried in an avalanche for approximately 45 minutes,” said Shauna
Speers, search and rescue manager, in an e-mail.
According to
the Canadian Avalanche Centre’s incident reports, the slide was triggered when
the ski tour group was “skinning up” the slope.
The group
managed to dig the skier out, as two search and rescue members made their way
to the area with Alpine Helicopters to join in the resuscitation and rescue
efforts, Speers said.
The victim
was flown to Golden and later taken to a Calgary hospital, but she did not
survive.
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