Sad anniversary for some local families
Posted Feb 1, 2013 7:24 am.
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It’s been 10 years since a group of students from an Okotoks school were killed in an avalanche on a back country field trip in Glacier National Park.
On Feb. 1, 2003, a group of teens from Strathcona-Tweedsmuir was travelling in the Connaught Creek Valley just west of Rogers Pass when they were swept up by a huge snow slide.
Seven students were killed.
Since then, both the school and Parks Canada have overhauled their policies when it comes to avalanche prone areas.
Strathcona-Tweedsmuir will mark the anniversary with a private memorial Friday.
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