The experience backcountry skier was traveling on Donaldson Peak in Idaho's Lost River Range when they triggered a slope collapse.
An experienced backcountry skier was killed after they were caught in an avalanche in Idaho on Friday, officials said.The skier, who has not been identified, was traveling on Donaldson Peak in Idaho 's Lost River Range with another experienced backcountry skier, the Sawtooth Avalanche Center said.One skier triggered the slope collapse while climbing down to where the pair were going to ski, officials said. He got caught in a small avalanche, which set off a second larger avalanche.
She used a rescue transceiver and probe pole to locate the first skier buried under about five feet of snow.She dug him out with a shovel before performing CPR. Search and rescue teams evacuated him, but he didn't survive, officials said.The man's death is the third this week after two skiers were killed after an avalanche in the mountains outside Salt Lake City on Thursday. A third skier survived, officials said.
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