avalanche

Man killed in avalanche near Mount Baker ski area identified MOUNT BAKER, Wash. (AP) — Authorities have identified the skier killed in in an avalanche near the Mount Baker Ski Area. The Bellingham Herald reports he was identified as 36-year-old Mark Panthen of Bellingham...

SNOQUALMIE PASS, Wash. (AP) — Authorities in Washington state say one woman has died and one man is still missing after a pair of spring avalanches struck separate groups hiking in the mountains each of Seattle. King County Sgt. Katie Larson said rescuers carried a female snowshoer off of Red Mountain in blizzard-like conditions early Sunday...

CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN, Wash. (AP) — A ski patrol official says a young woman has survived an avalanche on Washington's Crystal Mountain resort. Ski patrol director Paul Baugher says the woman was buried for 10 to 15 minutes yesterday afternoon before searchers probing the snow with metal poles found and freed her...