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Avalanche in Teton & Gros Ventre Mountains, Wyoming
Avalanche January 19, 2016 · Teton & Gros Ventre Mountains, Wyoming
What the National Weather Service wrote
A 30-year-old snowboarder was killed by an avalanche on the Pyramid.
The wider storm
A 30-year-old snowboarder riding alone on the Pyramid was killed when a three-foot-deep avalanche buried him. A witness reported the slide shortly before 1200MST and helicopter search and rescue operations were initiated. The volunteers spotted the snowboard and two volunteers were flown to the site where they found the deceased. The victim was carried approximately 1200 feet down the steep east-facing slope.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 608721. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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