A NSW woman has died in an avalanche while snowboarding at the popular Whistler Blackcomb ski resort in Canada.
The 42-year-old was snowboarding at the resort on Thursday local time when ski patrol responded to an incident which triggered an avalanche, Whistler Blackcomb said in a statement on Friday.
A skier on the upper slopes of Whistler Mountain in Canada. Credit:Alamy
The woman was transported to Whistler Health Care Centre where she was pronounced dead.
A 36-year-old man who was with the woman was rescued from the same area.
