| Comments | Golden, Fernie, Valemount, Nelson, Revelstoke, Durrand Glacier BC and Rogers Pass, Connaught Creek Valley, Okotoks, Mt. Terry Fox, Lake Louise, Rocky Mountains AB, January – April 2003. Deadly avalanche season since 1970 claimed 30 lives in Western Canada. The higher death toll was in part due to unusual weather patterns brought by an El Nino winter. |