03/27/09
Continued Snomobile Accidents
Tragically, this season is ending in much the same way it began -- in the past week four snowmobile fatalities have occurred in three separate accidents:
- One near Hellroaring Creek (Official CAC report in PDF format) on Wednesday
- Two near McBride, BC on Tuesday
- One near Whitewater, near Blue River (Official CAC report in PDF format) on March 21.
The Canadian Avalanche center has been diligently working on ways to reach the sledding community, and their recent news releases reflect the end of a tough season.
Interestingly, folks out there still have ideas on where the missing link is -- the link that will connect danger and sledding for these folks. One such idea comes from Lou Dawson (scroll to the bottom of the post), namely, that every snowmobile gets sold with a safety booklet for backcountry travel...but that booklet mentions nothing about avalanches.
Real help, unfortunately, has seemed to be elusive so far....
Such hard stuff. My heart goes out to all those involved.
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