At least five snowmobilers were killed by a "very large" avalanche that struck in British Columbia Friday afternoon, authorities said.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said search and rescue teams were still determining Friday evening that all snowmobilers in the area were accounted for, but the bodies of five people have been discovered, NBC News reported.
The British Columbia Coroner's Service said it has no reports that anyone else was injured in the avalanche.
Avalanche Canada, a non-government, nonprofit organization that tracks avalanches, said preliminary details indicated the avalanche was "human triggered."
Three groups of snowmobilers were caught in the avalanche, which occurred east of McBride, the mounted police said. The names of the dead were not released pending notification of next of kin.
