Avalanche in West Central Mountains, Idaho

Avalanche December 17, 2009 · West Central Mountains, Idaho

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

Idaho Mountain Express reported that a young man died in an avalanche while snowmobiling at Rock Lake in the French Creek drainage outside of Cascade, Idaho.

The wider storm

A strong winter storm with a significant Pacific moisture tap moved into the Intermountain West spreading heavy, wet snow across parts of Southeast Oregon and Southwest Idaho on the 15th and 16th of December.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 206493. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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