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The RCMP announced Thursday no charges will be laid in connection with the avalanche near Revelstoke that killed two people on March 13.
Albertans Shay Snortland and Kurtis Reynolds, both 33, died and dozens of others were injured after a wall of snow swept down Boulder Mountain, just outside of Revelstoke on that day,
Hundreds of people had gathered in the area for the Big Iron Shootout, a snowmobile drag racing event.
Police said the loosely-organized event was held in a flatter portion of the valley to avoid risky avalanche conditions and did not include high-marking, an activity where snowmobilers compete against each other to see who can ride the furthest up a steep slope.
Investigators said the avalanche happened after the Big Iron Shootout, when a crowd of people who had attended the earlier event went to an area called the Turbo Bowl.
Some people among the group at the Turbo Bowl began high marking, and not long after a large avalanche came down the slope and caught nearly 200 people in its path.
The RCMP said this afternoon said their investigation didn't turn up any evidence the high-marking event was affiliated with the Big Iron Shootout or sanctioned in any way by its organizer, Calgarian Dave Clark.
The RCMP said its investigators didn't submit a recommendation to Crown prosecutors asking for criminal charges. The police force said it reviewed the findings of the investigation with the Crown in B.C. and there is no evidence to support charges against any of the organizers or people involved
Read more: No charges in Revelstoke avalanche deaths
Albertans Shay Snortland and Kurtis Reynolds, both 33, died and dozens of others were injured after a wall of snow swept down Boulder Mountain, just outside of Revelstoke on that day,
Hundreds of people had gathered in the area for the Big Iron Shootout, a snowmobile drag racing event.
Police said the loosely-organized event was held in a flatter portion of the valley to avoid risky avalanche conditions and did not include high-marking, an activity where snowmobilers compete against each other to see who can ride the furthest up a steep slope.
Investigators said the avalanche happened after the Big Iron Shootout, when a crowd of people who had attended the earlier event went to an area called the Turbo Bowl.
Some people among the group at the Turbo Bowl began high marking, and not long after a large avalanche came down the slope and caught nearly 200 people in its path.
The RCMP said this afternoon said their investigation didn't turn up any evidence the high-marking event was affiliated with the Big Iron Shootout or sanctioned in any way by its organizer, Calgarian Dave Clark.
The RCMP said its investigators didn't submit a recommendation to Crown prosecutors asking for criminal charges. The police force said it reviewed the findings of the investigation with the Crown in B.C. and there is no evidence to support charges against any of the organizers or people involved
Read more: No charges in Revelstoke avalanche deaths
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