The Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center raised the avalanche danger to high at upper elevations for the first time this season.Â
Above 9,000 feet, the Avalanche Center s daily bulletin says, a quick but powerful Pacific storm added a big load to a touchy snowpack and could cause wind-slab avalanches between 15 and 30 inches deep. Up to 15 inches of new snow has accumulated in the past 24 hours, and very dangerous avalanche conditions have developed at the upper elevations, the bulletin says.
At upper and midelevations, skiers could trigger those wind slabs or snow sluffs in steep and/or wind-loaded terrain. Natural avalanche activity will also be possible.
Nevada snowmobiler killed in Wyoming avalanche identified
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Written by Associated Press on December 23, 2020
KEMMERER, Wyo. (AP) Authorities on Tuesday identified a snowmobiler killed in a Wyoming avalanche as a 41-year-old Nevada man.
Brandon Jones, of Elko, Nevada, was killed Friday after the avalanche overtook him as he was riding on a slope known as “Suicide Hill” in the Salt River Range southeast of Afton, Wyoming, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said.
It was one of the first avalanche fatalities in the U.S. this winter.
Jones was able to deploy a balloon-like airbag that’s intended to help people survive avalanches, but was partially buried with a leg sticking out, authorities said. It took 10 to 15 minutes to unbury him, Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center officials reported.