A 30-year-old Whistler snowboarder was found dead face down in the snow outside the ski area boundary on Sunday according to a story on CTVBC.ctv.ca.
The Whistler resident was found face down and buried in snow in the heavily forested area known to locals as the “Khyber Pass.” . . . He was found by a group of passing skiers, who dug him out of the snow and began performing CPR around 11:30 a.m. . . . Police, ski patrol and search and rescue workers were notified, and located the victim an hour later. . . Police believe the snowboarder fell into a hole created by fallen trees and suffocated in the deep snow.
The name of the snowboarder has not yet been released.
[Link: CTVBC]
sad stuff, i was up there on saturday and we commented on how dangerous the tree wells were looking
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