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Backcountry Skier Killed by Avalanche on Togwotee Pass, WY

An avalanche on Togwotee Pass, Wyoming, killed a backcountry skier on Saturday, January 4. Kenneth Goff, 36, of Lander, died when a group of four skiers triggered a slide in the Breccia Cliffs area. Related: SnowBrains Podcast Ep. 73 | Dr. Ethan Greene โ€“ Director of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center The avalanche, with a five-foot crown, fully buried Goff [โ€ฆ]

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AvyBrains | January 6, 2025
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Man Killed by Avalanche While Snowmobiling Near Togwotee Pass, WY

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The 27-year-old man who died after he was buried in an avalanche while snowmobiling on Togwotee Pass has been named as Dale Walter Clyde Laedtke of New London, Wisconsin. A cause of death has not been released. The man was snowmobiling with three friends on the north side of Togwotee Pass near Breccia Cliffs when the avalanche was triggered, Sheriff Matt Carr [โ€ฆ]

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AvyBrains | March 8, 2019
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Avalanche Death near Togwotee Pass, Wyoming on Tuesday

A 26-year-old snowmobiler from Iowa died in an avalanche near Togwotee Pass in Northwest Wyoming on Tuesday, February 18th, 2014. This was the 2nd avalanche death in Wyoming this year and the 16 avalanche fatality this winter in the USA. โ€œA snowmobiler triggering a slide on a south facing slope which failed on a faceted crust around 30 inches below the snow surface. He was buried roughly four feet deep, found with a beacon [โ€ฆ]

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