Avalances in Western USA support more lives in recent weeks, including a weekend death in CO

Winter Park, there. – A person was killed on Saturday in a avalanche in the center of Colorado, marking only the latest fatality resulting from avalanches in Western USA this season.

The Grand County authorities responded on Saturday to what they described as an avalanche triggered by the skier in an area known as “The Fingers” above Bethoud Pass. It was the second reported avalanche in the county that day. Some people were caught in the other slide, but were not injured.

Saturday’s avalanche death is the third in Colorado this winter and the second fatality in less than a week in that state, according to the Avalanche Center in Colorado. A Snowboarder Butte Cree was killed on February 20 in a slide west of Silverton.

Otherwise, three people died in Avalanches February 17 – a person near Lake Tahoe and two skiers in the country in the Cascade Mountains in Oregon. On February 8, a well-known outdoor guide was caught in an avalanche in Utah and was killed.

In California, Mammoth Mountain confirmed on Saturday, in a socialization position, that a member of the ski patrol died due to the wounds suffered in a avalanche that took place last week. Officials said Claire Murphy was one of the two ski patrol employees who were caught in a slide during the avalanches attenuation works, done on the morning of February 14th.

The mitigation works followed a major storm that threw about 6.8 meters of snow for 36 hours in Sierra Nevada. The other ski patruller caught in that avalanche was extracted and was receptive, while Murphy was taken to a hospital with wounds.

“Our hearts are with our family and community as we sail with this tragedy,” said Mammoth Mountain in his post.

Every winter, 25 to 30 people die in avalanches in the US, according to the National Avalanche Center. The current center of the center presents moderate and considerable risks in some parts of Colorado, Utah and Idaho, while avalanche warnings are in effect for areas in Washington and neighboring mountain.

The Grand County Sheriff’s office in Colorado issued a message on Sunday to ask the recreational enthusiasts in the country to always carry essential equipment and check the daily avalanche forecasts.