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An avalanche came down on a group skiing in the Monashee Mountains Friday morning, two people are now recovering from their injuries.
Shortly after 11:00AM this morning the Lumby office of the RCMP were called by the BC Ambulance service reporting injured skiers in the Monashee Mountains between Lumby and Revelstoke.
The police were advised that the only access to the area was by helicopter. The group involved was with Monashee Powder Snowcats a company working in the area out with their clients.
It is reported a guide and a photographer were out with several clients when the incident occurred. They had been skiing in the area when a natural avalanche started high in the mountains about them. Two employees of the company were caught in the slide, a guide and several clients with them were able to dig them out.
It has been reported that the two employee’s sustained non life threatened injuries as a result. Both were flown out by air ambulance to Revelstoke hospital for treatment, both employees were examined treated and released from hospital.
