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Kimberley Backcountry Skier Identified After Killed in Avalanche

The B.C. Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of an experienced skier who died after being involved in an avalanche incident near Kimberley on February 28th.

Robert Brandley Fuller from Kimberley was 50 years old when he was killed on Snow Crest Mountain in the Meachan Creek area.

Caption: Bradley Fuller skiing in the Northern Purcells.

(Photo credit: Backcountry Ski Page via Patrick Bates.)

Fuller was part of a backcountry skiing party that was traversing a cornice, which is an overhanging mass of hardened snow at the edge of a mountain precipice, when a weak spot gave way. Skiers who were accompanying Fuller witnessed him fall down the side of the mountain.

He was later located by members of his party but had succumbed to injuries sustained during his fall. Search and rescue teams managed to recover Fuller via helicopter.

The B.C. Coroners Service continues to investigation this death.



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