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At Whistler Blackcomb, an elite team of avalanche professionals works relentlessly with the latest technology to keep skiers safe

Days after an avalanche killed three German tourists in B.C., a professional skier who witnessed his friend buried in one is reminding people to be cautious in the backcountry.

"We are dealing with a very tricky snowpack this winter," says an Avalanche Canada forecaster, after three tourists became the latest to die

Avalanche forecasters are comparing this years dangerous season to the winter of 2002-03, when the deaths of 29 people led the creation of Avalanche Canada.

Five people have been killed in avalanches across B.C. in the past month, including experienced skiiers and brothers on a guided heli-skiing trip in B.C.'s Interior. Experts have an explanation for what's making this season so deadly — and they say it started months ago.

VANCOUVER - Twenty years after he survived being buried in a deadly avalanche in British Columbia's backcountry, Ken Wylie is urging people to be cautious and aware while dealing with a similarly unstable snowpack this year.

Twenty years after he survived being buried in a deadly avalanche in British Columbias backcountry, Ken Wylie is urging people to be cautious and aware while dealing with a similarly unstable snowpack this year.

VANCOUVER — Twenty years after he survived being buried in a deadly avalanche in British Columbia's backcountry, Ken Wylie is urging people to be cautious and aware while dealing with a similarly unstable snowpack this year.

Twenty years after he survived being buried in a deadly avalanche in British Columbia's backcountry, Ken Wylie is ...

Five people have died in three B.C. avalanches so far this January