Police Confirm Three Skiers Killed in Southeast British Columbia Avalanche

An avalanche hazard warning of "considerable" is shown near Mount Renshaw outside of McBride, B.C., on Jan. 30, 2016. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

The number of people killed in British Columbia avalanches this season has grown to 12 after three foreign nationals were swept away by a slide near Invermere on Wednesday.

RCMP say the three were among 10 heli-skiers caught by the slide near the Panorama Mountain Resort, about 150 kilometres southwest of Banff, Alta.