Canmore RCMP say the fatal avalanche happened on The Tower, indicated here by the red marker and seen in Google Maps imagery from the summer.
A 19-year-old man from Kelowna, B.C., was killed in an avalanche in Alberta's Kananaskis Country on Sunday, according to Canmore RCMP. A 19-year-old man from Kelowna, B.C., was killed in an avalanche in Alberta's Kananaskis Country on Sunday, according to Canmore RCMP.
Police said the avalanche happened around 1 p.m. on a mountain known as The Tower, about 25 kilometres south of Canmore and just east of Mount Engadine Lodge. "One of the males was able to escape by digging himself out of the snow; however, the second male was buried," the RCMP said in a news release.that the two skiers "triggered a large avalanche" near what's known as the Engadine burn area and were "pushed into the trees."
It added that two other "close calls" were reported by skiers in the area , one near Burstall Pass and another near Tryst Lake.Robson Fletcher's work for CBC Calgary focuses on data, analysis and investigative journalism. He joined CBC in 2015 after spending the previous decade working as a reporter and editor at newspapers in Alberta, British Columbia and Manitoba.