Avalanche near Keefer Lake

[GordonH]

http://www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/110 ... n-progress

Hope everyone is rescued and are safe & sound.

[StraitTalk]

This area sits on the border of two forecasting boundaries, the South Columbia region and the Kooteney Boundary region. Here are the CAC bulletins for both regions for this weekend.

South Columbia - http://www.avalanche.ca/cac/bulletins/l ... h-columbia

Kootenay Boundary - http://www.avalanche.ca/cac/bulletins/l ... y-boundary

Please be extremely cautious out there. And as long as this post is young, please do not resort to shaming the victims or others involved.

There currently sits a very troublesome weak layer from February 10th to 12th that a lot of snowpacks are failing on. With the recent warm temperatures the chances of a slide increase tremendously. Anything above a 30 degree incline is bad news right now if you're exposed.

[baconbits]

VERNON — Vernon Search and Rescue says one person was caught in an avalanche near Keefer Lake in B.C.’s Okanagan region.

Search manager Pete Wise says the person was pulled from the slide Saturday afternoon, put on advanced life support and rushed to hospital.

RCMP are on scene.



Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/person ... z2vQwdzd2N

[GordonH]

My deepest condolences to Family and Friends of gentleman that passed away
http://www.castanet.net/news/Central-Ok ... n-hospital

[gordon_as]

I just read who the victim was , and am stunned. I know him from work at VJH . AJ was a truly nice guy and consummate professional who was absolutely dedicated to providing the best of care to the most critically ill of patients.
He will be missed by everybody.