Kananaskis country

Five backcountry skiers touring near the Black Prince area – about 45 km south of Canmore in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in Kananaskis Country – triggered and were caught in a size 2.5 avalanche on Saturday. One of the skiers was killed by the avalanche. The avalanche danger was rated as considerable at the time of the avalanche. Considerable is the avalanche rating where the most people die. This avalanche killed one of the skiers and injured the other 3. The avalanche was 3-feet deep, 260-feet wide, and 2,000-feet long. […]