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Avalanche in Copper River Basin, Alaska
Avalanche February 27, 2016 · Copper River Basin, Alaska
What the National Weather Service wrote
A person riding a snow mobile in a remote area was caught in an avalanche and perished. The area was only accessible by helicopter or snow mobile.
The wider storm
Intermittently warm and cold conditions combined with periodically heavy precipitation contributed to an unstable snow pack in the Chugach mountains. An avalanche triggered in the end of February killed one person.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 616172. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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