reporter: all 12 survived but then a dog alerted them to another buried nearby. they dug her out five feet alive. after two members, my members stayed on the mountain. they found her. reporter: but with conditions so harsh, the group so remote, search and rescue couldn t get her out fast enough. she died before reaching the command center. the same concern for the snowshoer still missing from the first avalanche. the three men in that group were swept far and fast. a gps device recorded their harrowing slide. and they literally went 1279 feet in that avalanche at speeds of up to 53 miles an hour. reporter: none of the men was wearing an avalanche beacon. two of them managed to save themselves. a hard week for avalanches in utah, 34-year-old craig patterson, a highly experienced avalanche forecaster, was killed when he was caught in a small
Transcripts for CNN EarlyStart 20130415 09:28:15 archive.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archive.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
body and then my face and then i couldn t see anything. reporter: lucky to be alive he was in a group of 12 swept away by a river of snow. the novice snowshoer was buried, unable to move his body under the weight of the snow. he could only wait as his friends dug him out. very scary. reporter: all 12 survived but a dog alerted the them to another buried snowshoer nearby. they dug her out of five feet of snow alive. after two hours, my members stay in the mountain. they found her. reporter: but with conditions so harsh, the group so remote search and rescue couldn t get her out fast enough. she died before reaching the command center. the same concern for the snowshoer still missing from the first avalanche in seconds, the three men in that group were swept far and fast. a gps device recorded their harrowing slide. and they literally went 1279 feet in that avalanche at speeds of up to 53 miles an hour.
nearby. they dug her out of snow, alive. after two hours, my members stay in the mountain. they found her. reporter: but with conditions so harsh, the group so remote search and rescue couldn t get her out fast enough. she died before reaching the command center. the same concern for the snowshoeer still missing from the first avalanche in seconds, the three men in that group were swept far and fast. a gps device recorded their harrowing slide. and they literally went 1279 feet in that avalanche at speeds of up to 53 miles an hour. none of the men was wearing an avalanche beacon. two of them managed to save themselves. a hard week for avalanches in utah, 34-year-old craig patterson highly experienced avalanche forecaster was killed when he was caught in a small avalanche on a very steep slope. late heavy snow packed on to icier, older stuff, perfect and unforgiving avalanche conditions. miguel marquez, cnn, los
hardly breathing because the snow continuously covered my body and then my face and then i couldn t see anything. reporter: lucky to be alive he was in a group of 12 swept away by a river of snow. the novice snowscheuer was buried unable to move his body under the waeight of the snow ad could only wait until his fri d friends dug him out. all 12 survived but a dog ale alerted the them to another and dug her out of five feet of snow alive. after two hours, my members stay in the mountain. they found her. reporter: but with conditions so harsh, the group so remote search and rescue couldn t get her out fast enough. she died before reaching the command center. the same concern for the snowscheuer still missing from the first avalanche in seconds, the three men in that group were swept far and fast. a gps device recorded their