Avalanche — Teton & Gros Ventre Mountains, Wyoming
December 20, 2025 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Excerpt from the Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center Accident Report: On Saturday, December 20, 2025 at approximately 2 PM, one skier in a party of two unintentionally triggered an avalanche on a north-facing, steep, rocky, and sparsely treed chute known as The Claw approximately two miles south of the main parking lot at Teton Pass. The slope failed above the skier. The debris ran 1,000 feet (600��� vertical fall) to the base of the avalanche path, carrying and critically burying the first skier among trees. The|skier was taken to the local hospital and later flown to a larger regional medical center where he died six days later of multi-systems trauma sustained in the avalanche.
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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.