A 29-year-old snowboarder died Sunday March 23, 2014 after falling headfirst into a tree well while riding in the backcountry near Pemberton, British Columbia, according to a story in the Vancouver Sun.
The day began when the friends snowmobiled into a popular backcountry area near Pemberton, not far from the Miller’s Ridge Forest Service Road, said Sgt. Peter Thiessen, an RCMP spokesman. . . Partway through the day, one of the snowboarders paused on a run and noticed his friend was no longer behind him. When the friend failed to turn up shortly after, the boarder hiked back up the mountain through the deep snow to look for him, said Thiessen. . . He soon found his friend face down in a tree well. When he yanked the man out of the snow, he found him unresponsive, blue, and not breathing. . . Despite attempts to revive the man with CPR, he did not recover.
Our thoughts are with the man’s family and friends.
[Link: Vancouver Sun]
