In the past 30 years, from 1978 to 2007, an average of 11 avalanche fatalities have occurred per year in Canada. This has increased to an average of 14 avalanche fatalities per year in the ten year period, from 1998 to 2007.And that's not actually the complete story...
There have been 11 people killed in avalanches in the B.C. backcountry in the past several weeks, including one that buried eight snowmobilers late last month near Fernie.**********
RELATED: And not just avalanches
Separate snowmobile crashes claimed the lives of two men in southwestern Ontario during the weekend.*