Sarah Moughamian was one of four skiers killed in Saturday s Mill Creek avalanche in Utah.(Facebook)
Army Ranger Matthew Nyman survived a helicopter crash in Iraq that crushed his foot but he learned to climb again, most recently on Alaska s Bear Mountain.
Mr Jessen, Ms Moughamian and Mr Nyman are just three of the 14 people who ve died in avalanches since February 1.
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The bodies of three skiers have been found.(Office of Emergency Management, San Juan County)
It s the highest number of avalanche deaths recorded in a seven-day period since the US Forest Service s National Avalanche Centre started tracking deaths, according to Karl Birkeland, the centre s director.
A Washington state trooper was killed in an avalanche while snowmobiling Monday in Kittitas County, Washington, the county sheriff's office said in a press release.
The body of a snowmobiler buried in an avalanche in the mountains of Washington state on Monday has been recovered and identified as a longtime state trooper.
A Washington state trooper was killed in an avalanche while snowmobiling, officials say
Search-and-rescue crews recovered trooper Steve Houle, 51, of Cle Elum from the avalanche. He was a 28-year veteran of the Washington State Patrol, the Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office said in the release.
He is at least the 15th person to die in an avalanche in little more than a week. The first seven days of the month marked a record for the deadliest week of US avalanches.
“On behalf of the Sheriff’s Office, I would like to extend our deepest condolences to Trooper Houle’s family, friends and the Washington State Patrol,” Sheriff Clay Myers said. “This is a tragic accident and will be felt hard in our close-knit law enforcement community.”