랜드 근처에서 실종 된 스노 모빌 러의 시신, 콜로라도가 발견되었습니다, 콜로라도 눈사태 정보 센터에 따르면. 암울한 발견은 이번 시즌 28 번째 눈사태 사망을 기록했습니다..
공무원에 따르면, two snowmobilers were caught by a large avalanche near Ruby Mountain on Tuesday. The accident occurred on a slope at around 11,400 feet and the avalanche was about three quarters of a mile wide and 400 ~ 피트 높이.
One rider was buried in two feet in the snow and died while the other person was not injured, 에 따르면 CAIC.
The riders were with four other snowmobilers at the time, but the man who died was standing on a steep slope away from his snowmobile when the avalanche occurred. He was swept downhill and his body was found Wednesday afternoon, CAIC reported.
The name of the avalanche victim was not released.
Also this week, a snowmobiler was buried and killed in an avalanche in the Squaw Creek Drainage area southeast of Alpine, Wyoming on Wednesday, according to CAIC, which keeps a running tally of avalanche deaths across the country.
An avalanche occurs when a layer of snow collapses and travels downhill rapidly. Even though avalanches can form anytime if the right conditions are present, there is typically a sharp increase in avalanche deaths during the months of January and February. Worldwide, an average of 150 people are killed each year in avalanches, with roughly 27 of them in the US.
