One man is dead and another is in hospital following an avalanche in southern Alberta this afternoon.

The two men were caught in an avalanche near Lower Kananaski Lake, about 50 kilometres south of Canmore, just before 3:30 p.m. local time.

Although STARS air ambulance was called to the scene, one of the men died before it arrived.

The other has leg injuries.

The death comes one day after Parks Canada issued avalanche warnings for many areas in the Rocky Mountains.

Earlier this week, search-and-rescue workers located the body of RCAF airman Mark Salesse, who was killed by an avalanche during a training exercise in Banff National Park.