Another backcountry fatality occurred Sunday afternoon south of Atlin when a heli-ski guide stopped to take a picture and fell into a crevasse, the B.C. RCMP reported today.

Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said an expert climber from Atlin was flown to the scene and descended some 35 metres (115 feet) to the body of the 47-year-old Austrian who was employed by a local Atlin company during the winter.

The climber confirmed the guide died in the fall, Moskaluk said.

"Given the conditions and what would be required to effect the recovery he was certainly not in a position to do that solo.”

Moskaluk said the rescue team from Kluane National Park was dispatched to conduct the recovery, though inclement weather prevented them from reaching the site.

It's expected it will be at least a couple of days before the weather breaks, he said.

The name of the man is not being released pending notification of kin. The RCMP are also not releasing the name of the company he worked for.

A 52-year-old snowmobiler from Maple Ridge, B.C. died Thursday in the mountains south of Haines Junction after falling into a crevasse. The man was with 10 other snowmobilers and was climbing a mountainside – high marking – when he purposely left his machine as he turned at the top or on his way

down, and then fell into a crevasse.

Members of the Kluane park rescue team were unable to reach the body because of dangerous conditions but were able to descend far enough to see the victim and determine he'd been killed in the fall.

The B.C. coroner's office indicated today there will be no further attempts to recover the body because of dangerous conditions.

The heli-ski guide was skiing with four clients and another guide on Swanson Glacier, 65 kilometres southwest of Atlin, when he stopped to take the picture, and then fell through, Moskaluk said.

He said the four guest skiers were flown back to Atlin, while the other guide remained behind to await the arrival of an expert climber from the heli-ski company.

The crevasse measured 1.5 metres wide, he said.

"The witnesses reported that one of the guides had stopped to take a photograph when the snow beneath him gave way and he plunged into a crevasse,” reads the RCMP press release.