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• Dec. 29: Mourners gather at a candlelight vigil in Sparwood, B.C., Canada to commeorate those who lost their lives in the recent avalanches. Eleven men were caught in the two avalanches, including two who were able to dig themselves and a third man out. The second slide happened as four snowmobilers were trying to rescue seven others who had just been caught in the first avalanche.
• Dec. 29: People gather at a candlelight vigil in Sparwood, B.C., Canada to remember the victims of two avalanches that buried eight snowmobilers in western Canada's backcountry. Six bodies were recovered Monday, police said.
• Dec. 29: Volunteers with the Fernie Search and Rescue team prepare to head out to search for eight missing snowmobilers in Fernie, Canada. Eight snowmobilers buried in avalanches were missing Monday in a western Canada's backcountry, and rescuers feared some of the men were killed by the falling snow. Three other men from the group pulled themselves free Sunday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.
• Dec. 29: Volunteers with the Fernie Search and Rescue team prepare to head out to search for eight missing snowmobilers in Fernie, Canada. Eight snowmobilers buried in avalanches were missing Monday in a western Canada's backcountry, and rescuers feared some of the men were killed by the falling snow. Three other men from the group pulled themselves free Sunday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.
• Dec. 29: Staff Sgt. Lorne Craig, with the Fernie RCMP detachment speaks to the media about eight missing snowmobilers in Fernie, Canada. Eight snowmobilers buried in avalanches were missing Monday in a western Canada's backcountry, and rescuers feared some of the men were killed by the falling snow. Three other men from the group pulled themselves free Sunday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.
• Dec. 29: Volunteers with the Fernie Search and Rescue team prepare to head out to search for eight missing snowmobilers in Fernie, Canada. Eight snowmobilers buried in avalanches were missing Monday in a western Canada's backcountry, and rescuers feared some of the men were killed by the falling snow. Three other men from the group pulled themselves free Sunday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.
• Dec. 29: An unidentified man who said he was a friend of the missing snowmobilers walks past snowmobiles at a roadblock to the backcountry area where a search is underway for the eight missing snowmobilers in Fernie, Canada. Eight snowmobilers buried in avalanches were missing Monday in a western Canada's backcountry, and rescuers feared some of the men were killed by the falling snow. Three other men from the group pulled themselves free Sunday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.
• Dec. 29: RCMP Cpl. Andy Veltmeyer speaks to the media about an ongoing search for eight missing snowmobilers in Fernie, Canada. Eight snowmobilers buried in avalanches were missing Monday in western Canada's backcountry, and rescuers searching for the men faced "extreme" risk themselves from crashing snow. Three other men from the group pulled themselves free Sunday and tried to claw through the snow for their companions, but gave up in anguish as they feared another slide.