On Friday, March 14, at approximately 7:20 pm Clearwater RCMP received a report of a buried snowmobiler in the back of Red Sand Mountain north of Blue River.
RCMP were advised that a group of snowmobilers had gone into the back bowl of Red Sands Mountain at which time an avalanche occurred, burying two people.
The group raced to the location to dig them out and immediately found one person. The second victim, a 36-year-old male from Lloydminister, Saskatchewan, was located but unfortunately succumbed
to his injuries and died at the scene.
Clearwater Search and Rescue and the BC Coroner were unable to enter the site that night
due to the high avalanche risk.
The BC Coroner along with two avalanche technicians and Wells Gray Search and Rescue were flown to the scene by helicopter Saturday morning.
