RK Heliski, the company involved in the incident, said nine guests and one guide were caught in the slide.
Multiple people were injured in an avalanche near Invermere, B.C. on Wednesday.
RK Heliski, the company involved in the incident, said nine guests and one guide were caught in the slide, which happened about 30 km southwest of the Kootenay community.Four ambulances were deployed to meet helicopters at Invermere, and transported four patients to hospital, it said.Backcountry users warned of dangerous and unstable snowpack across B.C.
Avalanche Canada confirmed preliminary reports of a slide near Invermere, but said it did not have further information.
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