Avalanche kills snowmobiler in Wyoming, 4th fatality this month
Nicholas Bringhurst, 31, was in the LaBarge Creek area of western Wyoming when he was caught in an avalanche, the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
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Nicholas Bringhurst, 31, was in the LaBarge Creek area of western Wyoming when he was caught in an avalanche, the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
Kittitas County Sheriff said four men were on two snowmobiles in an area near Longs Pass trail on Friday afternoon when they were caught in the mass of snow.
A snowmobiler has died following an avalanche near Johnson Peak and Castle Peak in the Truckee area of Nevada County, officials said Monday evening.
Three friends in their late 30s were heliskiing together in Girdwood, Alaska in March when they were swept away by an avalanche.
An Armed Police Force spokesperson said five other people were hurt at the base camp.
Two men and a woman were recovered dead on Saturday, while the bodies of a man and his 17-year-old daughter were found on Sunday.
David Linder, Charles Eppard, and Jeremy Leif were heliskiing together on March 4 when they were swept away by an avalanche.
An avalanche killed one skier and left another severely injured near Lake Tahoe in California. The storm is on the move, causing whiteouts and spinouts on icy highways throughout the Midwest. Adriana Diaz reports.
Nicholas Vizzini and his climbing partner, a snowboarder, triggered the avalanche high on the 20,310-foot peak while descending a slope, officials said.
Alaska Wildlife Troopers said an avalanche buried three skiers under a blanket of snow between 40 and 100 feet deep in a small resort town.
The incident occurred near the Mana Pass in northern Uttarakhand state on Friday, initially trapping 55 construction workers.
Officials in India say more than 40 construction workers are missing after an avalanche hit their camp in Uttarakhand state.
In Oregon's Cascade Mountains, an avalanche killed two backcountry skiers, while another was killed in an avalanche near South Lake Tahoe, authorities said.
Search and rescue crews on Tuesday recovered the bodies of two skiers killed in an avalanche in Oregon's Cascade Mountains. The victims' names have not been released.
The large avalanche happened Saturday in a backcountry area about 20 miles east of Grand Teton National Park.
The unidentified pair of brothers and their father were snowmobiling on Christmas Eve when the avalanche swept through.
The experience backcountry skier was traveling on Donaldson Peak in Idaho's Lost River Range when they triggered a slope collapse.
One skier was rescued and two were killed following an avalanche Thursday in the mountains outside of Salt Lake City.
One skier was rescued and two were killed following an avalanche Thursday in the mountains outside of Salt Lake City. CBS affiliate KUTV's Kirsten McPeek reports.
The victims were a 15-year-old American boy, as well as a man and a woman whose identification has not yet been concluded, police said.
Bystanders were performing CPR on Nick Burks as deputies, firefighters, and search and rescue crews arrived, but the efforts to revive him were unsuccessful, officials said.
Two snowmobilers are dead after separate avalanches took place on Friday, March 1.
Police in Japan say an American man in his 30s was killed by an avalanche in a backcountry area of Mt. Mitahara.
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.