Avalanche in Susitna Valley, Alaska

Avalanche December 24, 2001 · Susitna Valley, Alaska

Death

$500

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Dwayne Dufford, 30, was snowmachining with severalfriends Monday. He was buried by an avalanche sometime duringthe afternoon...exact details are currently unavailable. He waslocated via an avalanche beacon within 18 minutes of theavalanche, but had already succumbed to his injuries.LOCATION: 20 miles west of Milepost 185 on the ParksHighway, near Cantwell, Alaska.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5272060. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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