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Fri, March 27, 2015

Cantwell Avalanche Accident Report is Out

The Cantwell avalanche accident report is finished. Please take a few minutes to read and share this with your crew. Some valuable lessons to be learned. A huge thanks to the witnesses/rescuers for sharing this story with the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Center.

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March 14th, 2015 – Squaw Creek Avalanche Accident, near Cantwell, Alaska
One snowmachiner caught, fully buried, recovered and flown to an Anchorage area hospital with serious injuries, later succumbed to injuries on 18 March 2015.