Afternoon avalanche at Sunshine Village
Posted Mar 31, 2014 5:19 pm.
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Two people have been injured after a Monday afternoon avalanche at Sunshine Village.
EMS from Banff and Canmore were called to the scene around 2:45 p.m.
Stuart Brideaux with EMS tells 660News, two people were rushed to hospital.
“One patient remains serious and another patient has been upgraded to stable condition after have being retrieved from the avalanche by rescuers from the scene,” he says.
The avalanche took place in a run called “Milky Way” in the Delirium Dive freeride zone. According to Sunshine Village, “the avalanche broke in an area of the resort that requires all riders to carry an avalanche beacon, a probe, a shovel and to ride with a partner.”
On Sunday, three people were able to escape a slide in the Kananaskis backcountry, without serious injuries.
