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Joe Sommerlad

Avalanche kills experienced skier in Wyoming as he is left ‘fully buried’

The Togwotee Pass in the Teton Mountains, Wyoming, where a skier was killed over the weekend - (Teton County Search and Rescue)

An experienced skier was killed by an avalanche in western Wyoming on Saturday after he was buried beneath a heavy landslide at the Togwotee Pass in the Teton Mountains, 20 miles east of Grand Teton National Park.

The victim of the disaster has been identified by county coroner Brent Blue as nurse Kenneth Goff, 36, described as a skilled mountaineer from Lander in the same state, The Cowboy State Daily reports.

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