"On Friday, January 9th, four backcountry skiers were caught and carried by a large avalanche while descending near Longs Pass in the Teanaway River drainage. The slide occurred on an S to SE facing slope at approximately 6200ft. One member of the party was not buried. Another teammate was partially buried but injured. The other two individuals were fully buried. During the initial rescue, the team located one of the buried victims, who did not survive."
"Despite the group's best efforts, they could not pinpoint the fourth member of their team. The party contacted 911 via a satellite device, and Kittitas County Search and Rescue responded to the area on Friday evening. Additional rescue efforts were postponed until daylight. Search and Rescue then returned to the site on Saturday and were joined by NWAC forecasters. The teams were able to locate the remaining victim."
Four backcountry skiers were caught and carried by a large avalanche on January 9 while descending near Longs Pass in the Teanaway River drainage. The avalanche occurred on an S- to SE-facing slope at about 6,200 feet with an average depth of about 2 feet. One party member was not buried, one was partially buried and injured, and two were fully buried. The group located one buried victim who did not survive. The party contacted 911 via a satellite device; Kittitas County Search and Rescue and NWAC forecasters resumed search at daylight and located the second buried victim, who also did not survive.
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