Maclintock
Active member
I seriously doubt that anyone will be charged or prosecuted for any of the events that occured last saturday.
Their are no laws that restrict any travel or anyones use of the backcountry in the Revelstoke region ( Except areas marked for Caribouu closures etc).
Regions that do regulate back country use are mostly out of bounds regions on regulated Ski Hills and signs are erected to warn individuals.
When the BC gov't ( Apparently 2011) regulates the backcountry and comes out with laws pertaining to this, then people will be liable if they break laws.
No one knows what those laws will be, but all devastating incidents like this one and others will be looked at.
The BC gov't came out with a law ( Not sure when, but a few years back),
that stated if you had to be rescued or retrieved from out of bounds areas or in the backcountry, you or your family are responsible for all costs if so deemed by the province. But no laws were put in that you could not go. This law was put in because too many people ( In the Govt's opinion were being put at risk saving or retrieving people from out of bound regions and the backcountry as well as the cost)
It is up to each individual that travels into the backcountry to be prepared for what they are about to face. Whether or not they have avalanche training
it is up to them to make the decision for themselves and to be aware of all dangers that face them. It is their responsibility and no one else's at this time.
Yes it would be nice for everyone to have an avy course and to check avy conditions for the area you are going into, but it is no ones responsibility to tell you what to do or tell you where and when you go their.
The Canadian Avalanche Centre issues bulletins on a regular basis and it is up to us to make the decision to check them and follow them. They are their for our information and our use.
So until laws are put in to regulate backcountry use besides the cost of rescue and recovery ( If so deemed), no one can be charged for going back.
The Gov't will regulate backcountry use as said by the Solicitor General by fall of 2011 and it is yet to be determined what those regulations will be.
Yes lots will not like this and some will. But in the end we all must look at ourselves and make sure we do all we can to come out safe and alive.
Accidents like this and the Sparwood tragedy last year ( As well as all the other avalanche deaths last year), make each of us look a little more at what we do and what we will do in the future. It is very sad for children, mothers, fathers, wives and Husbands of victoms, and my heart as well as all on this site go out to them in morning their losses.
BE SAFE OUT THERE!!!!!
Their are no laws that restrict any travel or anyones use of the backcountry in the Revelstoke region ( Except areas marked for Caribouu closures etc).
Regions that do regulate back country use are mostly out of bounds regions on regulated Ski Hills and signs are erected to warn individuals.
When the BC gov't ( Apparently 2011) regulates the backcountry and comes out with laws pertaining to this, then people will be liable if they break laws.
No one knows what those laws will be, but all devastating incidents like this one and others will be looked at.
The BC gov't came out with a law ( Not sure when, but a few years back),
that stated if you had to be rescued or retrieved from out of bounds areas or in the backcountry, you or your family are responsible for all costs if so deemed by the province. But no laws were put in that you could not go. This law was put in because too many people ( In the Govt's opinion were being put at risk saving or retrieving people from out of bound regions and the backcountry as well as the cost)
It is up to each individual that travels into the backcountry to be prepared for what they are about to face. Whether or not they have avalanche training
it is up to them to make the decision for themselves and to be aware of all dangers that face them. It is their responsibility and no one else's at this time.
Yes it would be nice for everyone to have an avy course and to check avy conditions for the area you are going into, but it is no ones responsibility to tell you what to do or tell you where and when you go their.
The Canadian Avalanche Centre issues bulletins on a regular basis and it is up to us to make the decision to check them and follow them. They are their for our information and our use.
So until laws are put in to regulate backcountry use besides the cost of rescue and recovery ( If so deemed), no one can be charged for going back.
The Gov't will regulate backcountry use as said by the Solicitor General by fall of 2011 and it is yet to be determined what those regulations will be.
Yes lots will not like this and some will. But in the end we all must look at ourselves and make sure we do all we can to come out safe and alive.
Accidents like this and the Sparwood tragedy last year ( As well as all the other avalanche deaths last year), make each of us look a little more at what we do and what we will do in the future. It is very sad for children, mothers, fathers, wives and Husbands of victoms, and my heart as well as all on this site go out to them in morning their losses.
BE SAFE OUT THERE!!!!!
Were they there at Turbo and was this part of the BIS? Once it all comes out in the wash, there will be people that were there that will say "yes" and there will be people that were there that will say "no". Not sure if the real answer will ever be determined.
