Avalanche Canada says a Saskatchewan man was killed Friday on Mount Temple, the highest peak in the Lake Louise, Alta., area.
The skier was hit by a sluff — a small release of loose snow — from a rock face and knocked off his feet while climbing up the mountain. He fell a significant distance.
The two other members of his party descended safely to find their friend dead from injuries sustained in the fall.
According to a Saturday statement from Lake Louise RCMP, they received a report that a backcountry skier had fallen at 4:35 p.m. MT Friday.
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