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Avalanche in Teton & Gros Ventre Mountains, Wyoming
Avalanche February 21, 2016 · Teton & Gros Ventre Mountains, Wyoming
What the National Weather Service wrote
A skier went out of bounds at Grand Targhee ski resort and triggered an avalanche that carried him over a cliff and caused his death.
The wider storm
A 30-year-old male was killed when a cornice he snowshoed unto broke loose in an out-of-bounds area near Grand Targhee Resort. He fell onto a cliff below, triggering a two-foot-deep avalanche that carried him over the cliff. The man died of trauma.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 612511. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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