Avalanche 2016

Snowfall warning, avalanche could cause delays on Highway 3
PENTICTON – A system moving through southern B.C. is expected to drop a lot of…

Avalanche control near B.C.-Alberta border today
FIELD – Drivers planning a later return from the Family Day long weekend may have…

Report of missing snowmobiler after avalanche in Shuswap; search underway
CHASE – Search and rescue teams have been dispatched to help look for a snowmobiler…

UPDATE: Body of missing Sicamous snowmobiler recovered from avalanche slide
SICAMOUS – The search for a missing Sicamous man has ended in tragedy. The 34-year-old…

Avalanche-related deaths down in B.C. despite tragedies
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Avalanche expert Karl Klassen says going into the backcountry is a lot like…

Highway 1 closed near Field for avalanche control this morning
FIELD – Warmer weather coupled with precipitation are making snow conditions more sensitive to avalanche…

Two snowmobilers buried by avalanche north of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – An avalanche in an area northwest of Blue River has claimed the lives…

Snowmobiler who died in Sicamous-area avalanche identified
SICAMOUS – The B.C. Coroners Service has identified the man who died in an avalanche…

Second snowmobiler killed in an avalanche in southern Interior within past week
CHASE, B.C. – An avalanche has taken the life of another snowmobiler in the southern…