Three B.C. avalanche victims identified as snow sport industry veterans

The partner of a victim in Monday’s avalanche that killed three snow sport veterans in British Columbia’s Purcell Mountains says she tried to dig him out and revive him after arriving on the scene.Whistler-based professional snowboarder and filmmaker Leanne Pelosi says on social media that it’s “absolutely beyond devastating” to share news of Jeff Keenan’s death.Keenan, who was also a pro snowboarder and had a young son with Pelosi, was among a group of heli-skiers swept away by the avalanche in southeast B.C.