a back country skier in colorado s rocky mountains has died after being fully buried in an avalanche in cameron pass on christmas eve. the victim s partner was able to find him and extricate him from the snow, but he did not survive. that avalanche was about 150 feet wide and occurred on the southeast end of south diamond peak. the pandemic brought some sports to a grinding halt in 2020, but 2021 saw athletes back on the field and courts and fans back into the stadiums and arenas, and as always 2021 was a year in which sports stars made some headlines on and off the field. cnn s andy scholles shares his top ten sports stories of 2021.
these slide pads don t have a history of hitting the highway. reporter: broken and buried trees mark the spot near jones pass colorado. where a back country skier was buried yesterday. teams are out triggering avalanches like this on purpose before they become threats. this spot hasn t seen a slide this big since eisenhower was president. those intentional slides sometimes triggered with explosives. we watched ski patrollers at copper mountain resort working to make the snow safe. how much snow does it take to immobilize you? nothing. two or three inches. eporter: a advances this weekend severe weather could spin up in the south, bringing high winds and possible tornadoes. after three dozen twisters last weekend struck four states. here in colorado we re expecting another round of heavy snow tonight. that increases the avalanche risk as this storm pushes east. tom. clayton sandell monitoring
i m a survivor i m gonna make it finally this half hour, this may take your breath away. in utah on saturday, an avalanche swallowed a back country skier, burying her in several feet of snow. but because so much went right after that, she s alive this morning and now she s telling her harrowing and brave story. here s reporter noah bond of our phoenix station. reporter: elizabeth malloy remembers vividly what it was like to be trapped inside a moving avalanche. i was flailing, yes. i was swimming. reporter: then the snow stopped. i decided the best situation for me is to meditate and breathe really slowly. reporter: when the snow settled, elizabeth s skiing partner, adam, found himself above the avalanche. elizabeth is alive today because
was the only tv producer invited to whitney houston s funeral from any network. so we ll have not only the inside look, but also the explanation from bobby brown as to why he bailed on the ceremony. did you hear about the deadly avalanche near a ski resort in washington state. skiers buried in snow after falling 1500 feet. there were warnings of high avalanche danger. they were not supposed to be in that area. reports were it was an out-of-bounds area they were skiing in. we have all the details of that deadly avalanche coming up. the polls just keep coming in on his side. you might call it the santorum surprise. he s opened up an eight-point lead right across the nation in a brand new nationwide poll. does it mean what some people think it means? or is it a blip? we ll talk about it. mardi gras is getting an r rating. they are attempting to enforce a curfew for kids under 16 in the french quarter. how are they going to accomplish that? we ll try to find that out. i a
opened. overseas the taliban is claiming responsibility for a deatacstan at least 80 people were kild when two explosions hit a paramilitary training center. most of the victims were young recruits. hill tants had vowed to avenge the death of osama bin laden. u.s. officials have now questioned the three bin laden widows who ve been in custody ever since that deadly raid. a senior official say all three women were questioned at the same time in the presence of pakistani intelligence officers. the official says the widows were not cooperative though during that questioning. news from america s all theest mountain this morning. one of two climbers stuck on the mountain was found dead this morning. gusty winds are hampering efforts to efforts. the other has been rescued. early attempts to save them were half ordered by 70-mile-an-hour winds. in utah a back country skier has survived a terrifying ordeal. a powerful avalanche swept her down a mountain and then a