Three of the best mountaineers in the world are killed by an avalanche in Canada

Austrian mountaineers David Lama, Hansjörg Auer and American Jess Roskelly, three of the world's best mountaineers, are reported missing in Canada and probably killed by an avalanche in the Canadian Rockies during Howse's ascent Peak, according to the Spanish news agency EFE.

Parks Canada, the public agency responsible for Banff National Park, where is located Howse Peak, said that "after the badessment of the situation, it is presumed that the three members of the group died ". According to Parks Canada, after receiving news of the three mountaineers, considered some of the best in the world and planning to attack the east face of Howse Peak, their personnel flew over the area and found signs of "multiple avalanches and remains of climbing equipment ". .

"Parks Canada extends its sincere condolences to the families, friends and loved ones of the three mountaineers," the statement added. At this time, Canadian authorities can not recover the remains "due to new avalanches and dangerous conditions in the region", because of high winds and precipitation that increases the risk of further avalanches. Local media reported in the early hours of the disappearance of the three mountaineers after an avalanche on Howse Peak, a 3,395-meter mountain considered one of the most challenging in the Canadian Rockies.

The American newspaper The Spokesman Review noted that Roskelley, 36, had told his father, fellow mountain climber John Roskelley, that he would contact him on Tuesday, but that the communication did not occur. John Roskelley contacted Canadian authorities flying over the area by helicopter and reported signs of avalanche and at least one partially buried body. Roskelley told the newspaper that her son and the Austrian alpinists Lama, 35, and Auer, 28, "are dead, they are not missing."

The route used by the three mountaineers to attack Howse Peak was only opened in 1999 because of its difficulty.