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Avalanche — Copper River Basin, Alaska

April 8, 2000 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$2K
Area
Copper River Basin

Event narrative (NOAA)

Snow machiner was buried by an avalanche Saturday. Alaska State Troopers said that the same snowmachiner had been caught in an avalanche earlier in the day while trying to highmark in the bowl. The body was found Sunday morning, using trained dogs and avalanche probes, under about 4 1/2 feet of snow, lying face up. The helmet was found about 40 feet uphill from where the body was found.

Other notable avalanche events in Alaska

Cook Inlet · March 21, 19996 killedCopper River Basin · January 12, 20022 killedAnchorage Muni To Bird Creek · April 1, 20022 killedMatanuska Valley · February 3, 20012 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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