Snowboarder Injured and Partially Buried in Avalanche Triggered by Cornice Fall in Salt River Range, WY A snowboarder experienced a close call in the Salt River Mountains near Afton, Wyoming, on Sunday after being caught, carried, partially buried, and injured by an avalanche. Teton County Search and Rescue (TCSAR) reports that the slide was triggered after the cornice that the man was positioned on with his snowmobile had fallen onto the steep slope below. He was […] Avalanche AvyBrains | March 7, 2023 0 Comments
Avalanche Kills 1, Injures 2 on Mt. Moran, WY Yesterday One skier was killed and two others injured yesterday morning when an avalanche swept them down the very intense Sickle Couloir on Mount Moran in Wyoming. The avalanche reportedly swept the skiers 500-vertical-feet down the couloir over rock and ice. The man killed was Luke Lynch, a 38-year-old Jackson, WY resident. He was skiing the 3,100-foot-long, 45-degree Sickle Couloir on 12,605′ Mt. Moran with three others at the time of the avalanche. “The group was ascending when a shallow wet slough avalanche released above them.” – Jackie Skaggs, Grand Teton National Park spokeswoman […] Avalanche SnowBrains | May 18, 2015 2 Comments
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