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Eventdex · Avalanche

COOK INLET

5160990

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event_typeAvalanche
ncei_event_id5,160,990
episode_id1,104,139
begin_utc2000-11-11T13:00:00+00:00
end_utc2000-11-12T19:00:00+00:00
stateALASKA
cz_typeZ
cz_nameCOOK INLET
deaths_direct0
deaths_indirect0
injuries_direct1
injuries_indirect0
wfo_sourceNEWSPAPER
event_narrativeNick Coltman, an Anchorage area resident, was hiking up Flattop Mountain when he and his dog triggered a snow slide Saturday. The slide pushed him down the slop about 600 feet over rocks and boulders and partially buried him in snow. he was able to hang on to a cellular phone and call for help. He suffered serious injuries to his head, back and torso and had frostbitten fingers. As of Sunday, he was in critical but stable condition at a local hospital. Coltman was familiar with Flattop trails and was in excellent condition before the accident.This was somewhat of an unusual situation, in that the greater Anchorage hillside area has not had a heavy snow. Local areas of Flattop, however, had several feet of wind layered snow and this is what is thought to have given way due to recent winds and fluctuating warm and cold temperatures.
year2,000

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