FALL ON SNOW—SKIING British Columbia, Selkirk Mountains, North ...

FALL ON SNOW—SKIING British Columbia, Selkirk Mountains, North Alberta Peak On August 2 3 , 1986, a party of four experienced ski m ountaineers was descending from North A lberta peak, altitude 2932 m eters, 25 kilom eters east of Revelstoke. They were on Nordic mountain skis. At an altitude of 2650 m eters, one of the skiers overbalanced while attem pting a turn on the steep hard snow. T he fall resulted in a rapid slide into large boulders. T he victim suffered deep, massive hem atom a to the left thigh and feelings of weakness and nausea. One m em ber of the party stayed with the victim while the other two went for help. (Source: E. Dafoe, M ount R evelstoke/G lacier National Park) Analysis The skiers had been off skis since April, and were skiing on the hard snow of late summer. The injury resulted from attem pting a turn on steep terrain close to rocks. (Source: E. Dafoe, M ount R evelstoke/G lacier National Park)