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Avalanche — Copper River Basin, Alaska

April 3, 1999 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$5K
Area
Copper River Basin

Event narrative (NOAA)

Odman Schmalzried, 40, of Wasilla, and friends were snowmachining in the Chugach Mountains south of Eureka Lodge Saturday afternoon, when an avalanche buried him and his snow machine. His body and the snow machine were found Sunday.

Other notable avalanche events in Alaska

Cook Inlet · March 21, 19996 killedCopper River Basin · January 12, 20022 killedMatanuska Valley · February 3, 20012 killedAnchorage Muni To Bird Creek · April 1, 20022 killedCentral Gulf Coast · January 26, 20001 killedCook Inlet · February 1, 20001 killed

Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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