"Christopher Rainoldi, a 33-year-old ski tourer and alpine rescue volunteer from northern Italy, died Saturday after a human-triggered avalanche swept him off Max's Mountain in the Girdwood Valley, approximately 50 miles southeast of Anchorage, Alaska."
"Daniel Krueger, an avalanche forecaster with the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center, confirmed the incident to KTUU, and said two forecasters traveled to the site Sunday to conduct a formal incident report."
"The dangerous conditions stemmed from a storm that moved through the region from late Wednesday into Friday, depositing roughly a foot of new snow on top of an existing weak layer of faceted crystals."
Christopher Rainoldi, a ski tourer from Italy, died after a human-triggered avalanche on Max's Mountain in Alaska. He was ascending with two companions when the avalanche occurred, burying him completely. His companions survived by deploying airbag backpacks. Rescuers airlifted Rainoldi to a hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries. The incident occurred during a period of dangerous avalanche conditions, with multiple human-triggered avalanches reported in the Girdwood/Turnagain zone, attributed to a recent storm that added significant new snow on unstable layers.
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