Staff from the U.S. Forest Service Avalanche Center examined the avalanche site on Friday.
Author: KTVB Staff
Updated: 9:11 PM MST February 20, 2021
BOISE, Idaho — A person died in an avalanche on Friday afternoon, according to the Sawtooth Avalanche Center.
The center tweeted out at about 2:45 p.m. MT Friday that a snowmobiler was killed in an avalanche in the Smiley Creek drainage, about eight miles southwest of Galena Summit, which is northwest of Ketchum.
The snowmobiler's party was unable to revive him, the center said.
The Sawtooth Avalanche Center said, "We extend our heartfelt condolences to the victim's friends and family."