Rogers Passe, British Columbia
A wall of snow crashed down a mountain in Canada’s Glacier National Park last week, burying 14 teenagers and three instructors from an Alberta high school. Seven students died. “They were all such great kids,” said Donna Broshko, whose son was killed. An onlooker saw a piece break off a high ridge, and shouted, “Avalanche! Avalanche! Avalanche!” But 1,000 tons of snow crashed down in seconds, sweeping the 15-year-olds 250 yards downhill. Witnesses rushed to dig everyone out, following electronic beacons to victims buried as deep as 10 feet. Experts said the half-mile-wide avalanche was three times larger than one that killed seven skiers on nearby Durrand Glacier in January.
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