'Your life is not worth that day of powder skiing,' officials warn of severe avalanche risk
VANCOUVER -- Braxton Clarke was taking an avalanche training course on Saturday at Mount Seymour when it was cut short due to bad weather. “We got about 4 hours in and we decided to finish the class elsewhere outside maybe somewhere a little dryer,” he told CTV News. A timely decision to make as the avalanche rating in the Sea to Sky is high at all altitudes, and in the South Coast alpine too. While the entire south coast is battered by a large storm, forcing the closure of Grouse and Mount Seymour’s ski hills. “We’re just here to learn the fundamentals of backcountry safety...
Source: bc.ctvnews.ca