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Snowmobiler killed in Canada avalanche

VALEMOUNT, British Columbia, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A weekend avalanche in British Columbia has claimed the life of a snowmobiler, authorities say.

The man was killed about noon Saturday at Goat Ridge in the Clemina Creek snowmobiling area about 19 miles south of Valemount, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.

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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the victim was one of several snowmobile riders who were in the area when the slide occurred.

Search-and-rescue workers were unable to remove the man's body until Sunday because conditions were deemed to dangerous for them to enter the avalanche area Saturday, the CBC said.

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