Blue River-area avalanche claims two snowmobilers
BLUE RIVER, B.C. — Two Alberta men have been identified as the victims killed when an avalanche rolled over their snowmobiles northeast of Kamloops, B.C.
RCMP say the men were part of a group of seven who were snowmobiling southwest of Blue River late Monday afternoon when the slide hit.
The group was equipped with rescue gear and the survivors were able to dig the two unresponsive men from the snow, but efforts to revive them failed.