Avalanche in Copper River Basin, Alaska

Avalanche March 3, 1999 – March 4, 1999 · Copper River Basin, Alaska

Death

$5K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Odman Schmalzried, 40, of Wasilla was buried by an avalanche in a remote valley in the Chugach Mountains south of Eureka Lodge Saturday afternoon.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5681939. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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