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Avalanche in Teton & Gros Ventre Mountains, Wyoming
Avalanche January 5, 2006 · Teton & Gros Ventre Mountains, Wyoming
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An avalanche broke on a 40-degree slope of Taylor Mountain and ran for one mile down 2,000 vertical feet killing one skier and injuring another. The injured skier survived by swimming through the snow and keeping his hands above the snow as the avalanche carried him down the east slope of Taylor Mountain. The avalanche debris covered approximately 40 acres in the Taylor Mountain/Coal Creek Drainage.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5489374. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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