Tragedy near Kaslo happened during a ski season that experts say could be the riskiest in 20 years because of an unstable snow pack
The tiny police force of Nelson, B.C., is reeling after two off-duty officers were trapped while backcountry skiing by an avalanche that killed one of them and left his colleague seriously injured.
The two men were experienced snowmobilers and backcountry users who had avalanche training, but, Chief Fisher told reporters at a Tuesday news conference, “even with taking the proper safety precautions they were caught in an avalanche.” Avalanche Canada said in a post on its website that some professionals are comparing this year’s snowpack with 2003, “which was one of the worst years on record for avalanche fatalities.”
“That goes back to the cold weather we had in the early winter, which has created weak snow at the bottom of the snowpack, and there are signs that that avalanche did involve these deeper weak layers,” he said Tuesday. Constable Tittemore had spent four years with the municipal force, which was founded in 1897, and before then worked 11 years for Calgary Police. His colleagues looked up to the affable officer, who defused tense situations with his soft-spoken and gentlemanly approach, Chief Fisher said.
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