Remembering the deadly Silver Mountain avalanche one year later
An avalanche swept down a black diamond run at Silver Mountain Resort on Jan. 7, 2020, leaving three people dead and four others injured. Author: Megan Carroll Updated: 10:23 AM PST January 7, 2021
KELLOGG, Idaho One year ago, tragedy struck at Silver Mountain Resort near Kellogg, Idaho, when an avalanche left three people dead and four others injured.
The avalanche happened on an open black diamond run that was inbounds off of Wardner Peak on Jan. 7, 2020. The resort will shut down for a moment of silence at 11:04 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021.
Two of the three victims, who lived in Spokane County, were found on Jan. 7. Searchers recovered the body of a third two days later.