Avalanche in Copper River Basin, Alaska

Avalanche April 3, 1999 · Copper River Basin, Alaska

Death

$5K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Odman Schmalzried, 40, of Wasilla, and friends were snowmachining in the Chugach Mountains south of Eureka Lodge Saturday afternoon, when an avalanche buried him and his snow machine. His body and the snow machine were found Sunday.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5689539. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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