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Avalanche in Teton & Gros Ventre Mountains, Wyoming
Avalanche December 26, 2013 · Teton & Gros Ventre Mountains, Wyoming
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A 29-year-old skier was killed in an avalanche on Pucker Face, to the south of and just outside the boundary of the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. The slide occurred around 1250MST at an elevation of 10,300 feet. The avalanche carried and buried the skier under about a 4-foot-deep slab of snow. An individual who saw the slide quickly uncovered the victim but he could not be resuscitated.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 481577. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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