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Mount Hector

Female Backcountry Skier Killed by Avalanche on Mount Hector in Banff National Park, AB

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A skier was airlifted to the hospital after she was buried by an avalanche on Mount Hector in Banff National Park, AB at 2 pm on Friday, but succumbed to her injuries the following day. The victim, identified as Laura Kosakoski, was a Canmore-based family physician. The 32-year-old woman was backcountry skiing with two others when the party possibly remotely triggered an avalanche […]

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AvyBrains | January 14, 2020
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Lake Louise Avalanche Takes The Lives of 2 Boston Snowshoers

At around 10:30am on Friday, March 17th, 2017, the bodies of two Boston snowshoers were recovered after being buried by an avalanche 20 minutes north of Lake Louise. The victims were a 32-year-old male and female from Boston, MA. It is believed that the two individuals were caught in an avalanche on Sunday, March 12th, 2017 as they were last […]

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Chris Wallner | March 21, 2017
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