GOLDEN, British Columbia – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have identified an American skier killed in a backcountry avalanche in southeastern British Columbia.

Dr. Christopher Seitz of North Yarmouth, Maine, died Monday when he was caught in a snow slide in the Dogtooth Mountain Range outside the Kicking Horse Resort near Golden, the RCMP said.

Seitz, 57, was skiing with his two teen-age sons and another person when he was buried by the avalanche. The others were not injured.

Officials said the man was wearing a locator beacon but was found dead under more than three feet of snow.