Avalanche kills 4 tourists skiing in former Soviet country
Kyrgyzstan's state media said the avalanche occurred in the country's northeast, close to the border with Kazakhstan and China.
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Kyrgyzstan's state media said the avalanche occurred in the country's northeast, close to the border with Kazakhstan and China.
"These victims had all the necessary safety gear and it still proved deadly," authorities said.
The woman was one of five skiers on Prospector's Mountain in Grand Teton National Park.
The victim was swept into a gully, then remained buried for about 15 minutes before being found by a companion in the mountains, officials said.
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Rescue efforts were still underway hours after the disaster, with an unknown number of people still feared trapped under the snow.
The avalanche had the potential to "easily bury and kill a person," said one official.
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A photographer who was taking part in the backcountry ski trip said Kyle Smaine was "thrown 50 meters by the air blast and buried" in the avalanche.
The skier was swept about 500 feet down the mountain before friends found him using a location-tracking device, police said.
The snowmobilers triggered the avalanche, the third fatal one this season in Colorado, authorities said.
Officials had warned of a high avalanche risk in the area over the weekend. The avalanche was on an almost 9,000 foot mountain.
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