Overview
- Family identified the victim as 47-year-old Farah Merchant of Toronto following the Saturday incident near Banff.
- Resort officials say she fell off the side of the green-level Banff Avenue run into a pocket of loose, deep snow known as a deep-snow immersion.
- Ski patrol reached her in about three minutes and performed CPR and emergency care for more than two hours, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
- A STARS air ambulance team responded and prepared to airlift her, but stood down after she was declared deceased.
- Alberta RCMP say the death is not considered suspicious, as Sunshine Village reports one of its snowiest seasons on record, increasing deep-snow hazards.