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An avalanche at a provincial park in B.C.'s Kootenay region has left an Alberta man dead.
A group of 15 skiers from B.C. and Alberta was caught in the avalanche, which occurred in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park at about 12:30 p.m. PT Sunday, RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said.
"We can confirm that there was a physician amongst the group. After the slide occurred, it was within minutes that the recovery and rescue was made of the one individual — what we would refer to as a self-rescue or companion rescue," he said.
"They were able to dig out the individual who was buried, they had him out within about five minutes … Emergency first aid and CPR was performed to the unresponsive male. However, unfortunately, they were unable to revive the man."
Heavy snow combined with poor visibility delayed a helicopter recovery operation. Crews were expected to return to the site Monday to recover the victim's body and fly the group out of the area.
It is not clear what triggered the avalanche, which came a day after avalanches struck elsewhere in B.C. and Alberta.
Two people were killed Saturday in an avalanche at Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in southwestern Alberta, at about 3:45 p.m. MT.
Earlier Saturday, one person was injured when an avalanche struck at the Fernie Alpine Resort in southeastern British Columbia. About seven people were caught in that slide, but officials said no one was buried by the snow.