A mixture of inexperience and bravado appeared to have been the reasons behind the death last year of a 33-year-old man in a snowmobile crash near Vanderhoof.
The man was found dead at the scene on March 25, 2018 on a rural field east of the community while a 20-year-old woman was found unresponsive and taken to hospital, where she was reported to have been in stable condition.
According to a coroner's report, no helmets were found at the scene and, according to search and rescue personnel, it appeared the snowmobile, a 2004 Yamaha Apex, went airborne for several metres in an "apparent jump maneuver or loss of control."
It was also reported that he had only ridden a snowmobile twice before.
"Driver inexperience may have been a contributing factor," coroner Danny Scoular said in the report. "I classify this death as accidental and make no recommendations."
The man's name was redacted from the report.
