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2026-03-04

Avalanche Near Kootenay Pass, BC, Kills 23-Year-Old Snowmobiler




A snowmobiler was killed in an avalanche near Kootenay Pass in British Columbia’s Selkirk Mountains after a slide buried two riders over the weekend. According to RCMP in Creston, authorities were alerted Saturday after an SOS tracking device signaled that someone was in distress in the backcountry southeast of Salmo, British Columbia. Shortly afterward, police received reports that an avalanche had occurred and that one of the riders pulled from the debris was unresponsive.



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Other snowmobilers in the area were able to dig both riders out, but a 23-year-old man died at the scene, police said. The second rider survived. The identity of the victim has not been released.

Avalanche Canada reported the incident occurred beneath a transmission line behind Camel’s Hump near Kootenay Pass, roughly 20 kilometers southeast of Salmo. Two snowmobilers riding on a slope triggered the avalanche while traveling in the area.

The slide was classified as a size 2.5 persistent slab avalanche and occurred on a northeast-facing slope below treeline at approximately 1,927 meters (6,322 feet) in elevation. The avalanche measured about 150 meters (492 feet) wide with crown depths ranging between 80 and 120 centimeters (31-47 inches) and ran approximately 300 meters (984 feet) down the slope.

Avalanche Canada reported that two people were caught in the slide. One was fully buried and one partially buried. At the time of the accident, avalanche danger in the region was rated Considerable, meaning human-triggered avalanches were likely in certain terrain. The Canadian Press reported the slide measured roughly 300 meters wide by 240 meters long, based on early assessments.

The fatality is the fifth avalanche death in British Columbia since mid-February, a period marked by unstable snowpack conditions across parts of the province’s backcountry. Forecasters have warned that persistent weak layers in the snowpack—which can remain buried for weeks—have made conditions particularly unpredictable in many areas of western Canada this winter.

Avalanche Canada continues to urge backcountry users to check daily avalanche forecasts and carefully assess terrain before traveling in avalanche-prone areas.

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