Accident: Other Regions

Location: Unalaska Island

Date
Tue, February 25th, 2020
Activity
Snowmachine
Fatalities
1
Summary
A snowmachiner riding alone was caught, fully buried and killed in an avalanche on Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands. Rescuers found the rider buried about 6 feet deep and were unable to revive him.
Accident Report

Accident report from avalanche.org:
https://avalanche.state.co.us/caic/acc/acc_report.php?acc_id=747&accfm=rep

Media link:
https://www.kucb.org/post/while-deep-snowfall-preceded-unalaskas-fatal-avalanche-officials-say-they-couldnt-determine#stream/0

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