A snowboarder in Utah recently had a close call when they suddenly realized an avalanche was happening underneath their feat. A video shows how a rock face may have saved his life.
It's a rare thing to actually capture a video of an avalanche as it happens. It's yet another to end up being in the avalanche which is what happened a couple of days ago in Colorado.
If spend any amount of time in the mountains of Wyoming, you always need to be aware of avalanche danger. Two Wyoming snowmobile riders learned that recently as they narrowly escaped an avalanche that caught them by surprise.
An avalanche suspected of being caused by a skier swept across a mountain pass in northwest Wyoming and came close to pushing one vehicle over a steep slope.