The Chic-Chocs are about 40 kilometres from the St. Lawrence River. The range is about 95 kilometres long and 10 kilometres wide.
Three people who were riding snowbikes are dead after an avalanche in Quebec's Gaspé region. Provincial police are investigating.Provincial police say an investigation is underway following the deaths of three snowbikers. Three Quebecers are dead following an avalanche in the Chic-Choc Mountains on the province's Gaspé Penninsula.
The three snow bikers were found around 11 p.m. They were transported to hospital where they were pronounced dead, said SQ spokesman Frédéric Deshaies. By the time all the crews got to the site and started the recovery, he says it had been well over three hours.He says the men who were out on their snow bikes likely didn't have the experience to be on that part of the mountain.
"When it let go, that guy slid down and went right into the other two guys that were just below him." People involved in the rescue will be interviewed to understand what triggered the avalanche, said Dominic Boucher, with Avalanche Québec. Since last Thursday, Boucher says the sector where the accident happened received quite a bit of snow — 30 to 50 centimetres.
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