The skier was visiting family in the area and took a day to ski at Fernie Alpine Resort in British ... of one of the first lift towers near the Polar Peak chairlift at top of the hill.

The ski patrol at the Fernie Alpine Resort tried to save the ... the area underneath one of the first lift towers of the Polar Peak ski lift, RCMP said.

Fernie Alpine Resort confirmed in a statement to CBC News that a guest found the man unresponsive and called ski patrol. A statement from RCMP says the six-by-nine-metre trap was under one of the lift ...

Fernie Alpine Resort confirmed in a statement ... the six-by-nine-metre trap was under one of the lift towers of the Polar Peak ski lift and was filled with loose undisturbed snow.