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Three Top Climbers Presumed Dead After Avalanche In Canada

Jess Roskelley, David Lama and Hansjörg Auer had been attempting a route in Canada's Banff National Park. The park said that all three are "presumed to be deceased."
A truck travels along the Trans-Canada Highway at dusk in Banff National Park in 2017 in Alberta, Canada. Three climbers are presumed dead after an avalanche in the park.

Three of the world's most elite climbers are missing and presumed dead by park officials after an avalanche in Alberta, Canada.

Jess Roskelley, a U.S. citizen, and David Lama and Hansjรถrg Auer, who are both Austrian, had been attempting to climb the east face of Howse Peak in Banff

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