A back-country skier in the north Okanagan has been seriously injured.
It happened Monday afternoon in the Keefer Lake area east of Cherryville where there are helicopter and cat skiing operations.
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There are few details but Vernon RCMP say they’ve heard the skier was caught up in an avalanche.
The person was taken by helicopter to the Kelowna hospital.
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