Calgary skier dies at Whitefish Ski Resort in Montana

Calgary skier dies in Montana A Calgary man has died in a skiing accident on Whitefish Ski Resort on Friday.

A Calgary man who was skiing in Whitefish, Montana, has died after he fell into a tree well on Friday.

Chuck Herr, 56, was reportedly separated from the group he was skiing with after he fell into a tree well, a void in the snowpack that forms near the base of an evergreen tree.

Typically when skiers and snowboarders fall into tree wells, they can find it difficult to escape and soon suffocate as the snow collapses onto them.

Herr was well known in the Calgary community for helping disabled skiers learn the sport.

Details of a funeral service are not immediately known.