By 1075 Beach Radio News / Pete McIntyre

Two avalanches at Silver Star Resort

Mar 21, 2019 | 2:22 PM

VERNON, B.C. — Silver Star Resort is now confirming there were two avalanches in separate areas of the mountain on Wednesday.

One took place around noon on a double black diamond run on the Putnam Creek backside.

“It is a run that isn’t easily accessible, and you actually have to hike into it a little bit. You can’t just ski straight to it,” says Chantelle Deacon, Communications Manager at the resort.

That incident injured a 42-year-old man who is being treated for unknown injuries.

The resort is referring requests for updates on the man’s condition to Interior Health, but a spokesperson there tells Beach Radio News, they need the man’s name to find out that information, and no name has been released.

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Deacon says the second slide occurred about two hours later.

“The second one happened underneath our gondola on a black run,” Deacon tells Beach Radio News.

No one was hurt in that slide.

The resort has closed the Putnam Creek side until further notice and the run under the gondola is also closed today.

Deacon says the Seismic Mountain Festival from March 22 to 31 is still going ahead.

“All of our courses still look good. They’re holding together good, and the temperature looks like it’s supposed to cool down gong into the weekend as well, and we’re hoping for that,” says Deacon.