Although the season has just started, Kananaskis RCMP is investigating a fatality that occurred on Nakiska Ski Hill yesterday a.m. (November 13).

RCMP Corporal Curtis Peters shares a 35-year old male member of the French National Ski Team was pronounced deceased at the scene despite efforts to resuscitate him immediately after the accident. 

"The Medical Examiners Office is being assisted by the Kananaskis RCMP to look into the accident and our condolences to family and friends of the victim."

The skier was training at the time of the accident when he caught an edge and crashed through the safety netting striking a tree. The team had been training here as they prepare for the upcoming World Cup.