2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche

2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche
Date	1 February 2003
Location	Balu Pass Trail, Connaught Creek Valley, Glacier National Park
Deaths	7
Non-fatal injuries	10

The 2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche on Saturday, 1 February 2003 killed seven teenagers in the Columbia Mountains at the foot of Mount Cheops east of Revelstoke, following another avalanche which had killed seven adult skiers on 20 January 2003 on the Durrand Glacier, located in the same area and caused by a rain crust formed at the same time.

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