PG Avalanche Workshop Preps You To Save Yourself
PRINCE GEORGE – One hand, that’s all Marty Anderson, from the Prince George Snowmobile Club, could see of his friend after they were buried by an avalanche 25 years ago. They both survived, but Anderson says “looking back we did a thousand things wrong”.
BC’s Ministry of Public Safety warned hikers, skiers and snowmobilers earlier this month to beware of avalanches. The ministry says search and rescue teams have already responded to more than 160 incidents.
Today, luck doesn’t play as much of a part for Anderson. He’s planned ahead with a backpack of avalanche gear to hopefully get him out if the worst should happen.
‘Self-rescue’ is the most likely way a person will survive an avalanche, and many of these self-rescues often go unreported. ‘Self-rescue’ is when a person rescues themselves or a member of their party after an avalanche.