26-year-old dies in Quebec avalanche

[zeusand]

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26-year-old dies in Quebec avalanche

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | 1:44 PM ET Comments3Recommend7CBC News

A Quebec man died in an avalanche triggered while he was back-country skiing in the province's Gaspé region.

Jean-Philippe Poirier, 26, was skiing with a group Tuesday in a remote, forested area near the Chic Choc Mountains, about 20 kilometres from Gaspé's northern coast.

Poirier took a run alone down an ungroomed hill, and triggered an avalanche, said provincial police officer Claude Ross.

He was completely buried and unconscious by the time his companions found him. Poirier was declared dead a few hours later.

There was a moderate risk of an avalanche on the weekend because of some 35 centimetres of fresh snow that fell in the region on Saturday and Sunday, said Dominic Boucher, operations manager at the Gaspé Avalanche Centre.

There are avalanches reported in the region every year, but no one has died in one since March 2000.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/20...death-0415.html

[groomer]

hi stan !!

the accident happened 15 miles south of la martre ,east of ste anne des monts .he was in a group of ten persons including his dad .according to one of his friend on the reportage i saw on tv.he was the first one to go down the mountain,between trees .

he began to slalom and at the first ''curve '' if i can say that , he stopped to wave at his friends to come down and thats when the avanlanche started , right under his feet.he s been knocked on a tree .

there was up to 3 ' of fresh snow from a storm that happened a few days before.

they were 3 hrs to the nearest village by sleds .

he was working in matane ,but native from a little village about 25 miles west from home ,in ste irene.

groomer !!!