Volunteer’s death spurs warnings that B.C.’s avalanche conditions are ‘unforgiving’ - Terrace Standard

Volunteer’s death spurs warnings that B.C.’s avalanche conditions are ‘unforgiving’

The avalanche deaths of two skiers in British Columbia’s central Interior this month have prompted an emotional plea about this season’s dangerous conditions from the head of a volunteer search and rescue team.

Nate Fochler, a ski guide in Revelstoke, B.C., said this year’s snowpack has indeed created dangerous conditions in the backcountry, with spikes in freezing temperatures creating what’s known as a “deep persistent weak layer” of snow. “Even if it is dangerous, I still have to go do my job,” he said. “In a perfect world, we would just not go ski when it’s dangerous, but that’s not always reasonable, so it’s just a matter of mitigation and trying to deal with the hazards the best way that we can.”

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