Skiers spend night on Alta. mountain after rescuing friend from avalanche

Details
Category: Canada News
Published Sunday, February 14, 2016
CTV News

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Parks Canada says having the right equipment and being prepared helped a group of backcountry skiers rescue their friend buried in an avalanche in Banff National Park.

See Full Article

A news release from Parks Canada says 11 skiers were on their way to Bow Hut on the Wapata Icefield north of Lake Louise on Friday.

A few made it to the hut, but seven others were caught in a 100-metre-wide avalanche that fully buried one skier, broke another partially buried skier's leg and injured a third skier's knee.

The group managed to dig the buried member out and called Parks Canada on a satellite phone.

Parks Canada says the avalanche risk was too high for a ground-based rescue in the dark, so it advised the group to find a safe area to spend the night.

A helicopter was used to reach the group on Saturday morning to carry out the injured.



Advertisements

Latest Canada & World News

  • Key vote looms for Russia sanctions bill opposed by Trump

    World News CTV News
    WASHINGTON -- The Republican-led House is set to vote soon on a sweeping Russia sanctions package that defies the White House by demanding that U.S. President Donald Trump get Congress' permission before lifting or easing the economic penalties against Moscow. Source

  • 'I will take dramatic action': Scaramucci threatens to chop staff if White House leaks don't stop

    World News CBC News
    U.S. President Donald Trump's new communications director says he will take "dramatic action," including cutting staff, if leaks originating from the administration don't stop. In his first round of media interviews since his press conference after being named to one of the top jobs in Washington, D.C. Source

  • Five shot inside east-end Toronto bar

    Canada News CTV News
    Five people were shot inside an east-end Toronto bar early Sunday morning. Police said shots were fired inside McGradies Tap & Grill around 2:30 a.m. Three victims were located inside the bar and transported to the hospital. Source

  • Baby Charlie Gard protesters to rally as hospital reports threats

    World News Toronto Sun
    LONDON - Protesters who want critically ill British baby Charlie Gard to receive an experimental medical treatment are planning a rally and prayer vigil Sunday, while hospital officials say emotions are running so high in the heart-breaking case they have received death threats. Source

  • Sergei Kislyak, Russian ambassador to the U.S., ends his term

    World News CTV News
    MOSCOW -- The Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergei Kislyak, a prominent figure in the controversy over Russia's possible involvement in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, has ended his assignment in Washington. The Russian Embassy in Washington announced on Twitter that Kislyak's tenure ended on Saturday. Source

  • Good Samaritans double stolen sock donations for homeless shelter

    Canada News CTV News
    A Toronto man was overcome with gratefulness after his co-workers and members of the public helped replace stolen goods meant for a homeless shelter. Thomas Aquino was devastated when 450 pairs of socks and two bags of canned goods meant for the Good Shepherd homeless shelter were stolen from his van. Source

  • Good Samaritans double sock donations stolen from homeless shelter

    Canada News CTV News
    A Toronto man was overcome with gratefulness after his co-workers and members of the public helped replace stolen goods meant for a homeless shelter. Thomas Aquino was devastated when 450 pairs of socks and two bags of canned goods meant for the Good Shepherd homeless shelter were stolen from his van. Source

  • Princes William, Harry remember their final phone call with Princess Diana

    World News Toronto Sun
    LONDON - It was a typical phone call between two boys and their mother, who was on vacation in France. It was brief — the boys wanted to get back to playing with their cousins, not spend time on the phone chatting. Source

  • Forest fire triggers landmine explosions in Croatia

    World News CTV News
    ZAGREB, Croatia - Emergency officials say a forest fire that has spread to southern Croatia from neighbouring Montenegro has triggered 34 explosions, probably from mines left over from the region's war in the 1990s. The area near the walled Adriatic city of Dubrovnik was a frontline during the conflict that erupted after Croatia declared independence in 1991. Source

  • Protesters rally to support baby Charlie Gard's parents as hospital reports threats

    World News CBC News
    Protesters in London backing the fight of British parents of a critically ill baby to get him an experimental medical treatment in the U.S. plan a rally and prayer vigil Sunday, as officials at a British hospital where Charlie Gard is on life support say they have received death threats. Source