Two people have died in separate avalanche incidents in Alberta’s backcountry this week.
Alberta RCMP say that they responded to calls of an avalanche near the Lake Louise ski resort around 3:45 p.m. on March 14.
One person was “unaccounted for” after the incident, according to RCMP.
Stuart Brideaux of Alberta Health Services EMS told The Epoch Times in an email that one individual had died in the avalanche.
“Alpine helicopters retrieved one patient from the avalanche scene down to waiting ground EMS crews,” Brideaux said. “Paramedic crews unfortunately declared the adult patient deceased and did not transport to hospital.”
In an avalanche incident report by Parks Canada on the Avalanche Canada website, it said two skiers were working their way back to a ski area after they had skied the Pipestone Bowl in an out of bounds area from the resort….