REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Seven people are dead Saturday following an avalanche near Revelstoke, British Columbia.
The group of back-country skiers included 14 Grade 10 students and three counsellors from Strathcona - Tweedsmuir School, a private school south of Calgary.
Six boys and one girl died. The 10 survivors were airlifted to Glacier Park Lodge.
The half-kilometre wide avalanche occurred in the Rogers Pass area known as Knock Creek in Glacier National Park. Park wardens, guides, soldiers and rescue dogs took part in the search for survivors.
Officials first learned of the avalanche at 11:45 a.m. local time, Pat Dunn, information officer for Glacier National Park, told CBC Newsworld.
The avalanche risk in the area was rated as "considerable," said Dunn. It's cause is not yet known.
It's the second avalanche near Revelstoke in less than a month.
How Tragic
The group of back-country skiers included 14 Grade 10 students and three counsellors from Strathcona - Tweedsmuir School, a private school south of Calgary.
Six boys and one girl died. The 10 survivors were airlifted to Glacier Park Lodge.
The half-kilometre wide avalanche occurred in the Rogers Pass area known as Knock Creek in Glacier National Park. Park wardens, guides, soldiers and rescue dogs took part in the search for survivors.
Officials first learned of the avalanche at 11:45 a.m. local time, Pat Dunn, information officer for Glacier National Park, told CBC Newsworld.
The avalanche risk in the area was rated as "considerable," said Dunn. It's cause is not yet known.
It's the second avalanche near Revelstoke in less than a month.
How Tragic
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