A male snowboarder riding Blackcomb Mountain’s Seventh Heaven was found unconscious and not breathing in a tree well Wednesday at 11 AM, according to a story on CBC News.
Police said a skier found the snowboarder about 11 a.m. PT Wednesday, head down in snow at the foot of a tree beside a ski run on the mountain called Seventh Heaven. . . “The skier tried to pull the male from the tree well but was unable to do so,” said RCMP Staff Sgt. Steve LeClair. . . “He hiked further up the hill to alert other skiers and snowboarders in the area. Together they were able to pull the male [out].”
The snowboarder was taking to the Whistler Heath Care Center where he was pronounced dead. Our thoughts are with his friends and family.
[Link: CBC News]