They now realize two of their friends have died and it's becoming very hard for them. To help with the stress of the situation the hospital has brought in a Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team made up of counselors, residents and church pastors. The team are speaking with the friends and survivors about the avalanche and offering grief counselling. The two Stockholm women were eventually dug out by their ski companions. The entire group was not found until three hours later.
Police say it is still fuzzy as to how the emergency call was made.
According to Fernie RCMP Sgt. Steve Robertson, almost all of the skiers were fully equipped with probes and personal transmitters. Reporters were not allowed to speak to the survivors, out of respect for the situation, but McAulay said the survivors will have the option to speak following their discharge from the hospital. Two survivors were brought down that evening by helicopter. The other nine spent the night on the mountain with two professional ski guides from Island Lake Lodge and a ski patroller from Fernie Alpine Resort.