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GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS

5137440

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event_typeAvalanche
ncei_event_id5,137,440
episode_id1,092,899
begin_utc2000-03-17T19:15:00+00:00
end_utc2000-03-17T19:16:00+00:00
stateCOLORADO
cz_typeZ
cz_nameGORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS
deaths_direct2
deaths_indirect0
injuries_direct0
injuries_indirect0
wfo_sourcePARK/FOREST SERVICE
episode_narrativeTwo skiers were caught and killed in an avalanche near Highland Peak. This was a hard-slab avalanche which fractured at about 4 feet below the surface of the snow pack. The avalanche traveled about 1100 feet in the vertical and was about 500 feet wide. Four other skiers in the group outran the avalanche.
year2,000

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