Teton County Search & Rescue was called to respond to an avalanche burial on Togwotee Pass. It killed one skier and injured another.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s website, a person trapped under the snow following an avalanche might not have more than 20 to 30 minutes to survive. The department also said there are about 100,000 avalanches annually in the U.S., resulting in an average of 28 deaths.

An avalanche killed a Lander, Wyoming, man who was skiing Saturday on Togwotee Pass. Teton County Coroner Brent Blue told Cowboy State Daily that

A skier was killed and another injured after the group they were in triggered a large avalanche while ascending a mountain in western Wyoming. The large snowslide happened Saturday in a backcountry area about 20 miles east of Grand Teton National Park.

One skier died and another was injured Saturday in an avalanche on Togwotee Pass in the Breccia Cliffs area of Wyoming.According to Teton County Search and Resc

A skier was killed and another injured due to a large avalanche in a backcountry area 20 miles east of Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.

A nurse has died and one person was injured after an avalanche hit a group of skiers in western Wyoming. The death of Kenneth Goff, 36, of Lander, Wyoming, marks the fifth fatality caused by an avalanche in the U.

An avalanche killed one skier and injured another after the group they were in triggered the large snowslide while ascending a mountain in western Wyoming. The avalanche happened Saturday in a backcountry area about 20 miles east of Grand Teton National Park.