The avalanche was rated 2.5 on a 1 to 5 scale of severity and danger . The skier and two companions were on a back-country trek Sunday near Revelstoke in British Columbia when the victim separated from his companions to test conditions at the base of a ridge , the RCMP said . Two friends were able to dig the victim out , but he was declared dead at the scene . A man in his 50s died after falling from an Alpine slope near Chamonix last month.
The avalanche was rated 2.5 on a 1 to 5 scale of severity and danger . Two friends were able to dig the victim out , but he was declared dead at the scene . A man in his 50s died after falling from an Alpine slope near Chamonix last month.