An avalanche in Oregon's Cascade Mountains has tragically claimed the lives of two backcountry skiers. The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office recovered the bodies west of Bend in Happy Valley, near Broken Top peak. The Central Oregon Avalanche Center reported the incident occurred on Monday at 6,700 feet on a south-facing slope.
An avalanche in Oregon 's Cascade Mountains has killed two backcountry skiers, authorities said Tuesday.The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that its search-and-rescue unit recovered two bodies west of Bend in Happy Valley, near Broken Top peak.The couple had been skiing when an avalanche happened Monday at 6,700 feet on a south-facing slope, the Central Oregon Avalanche Center said in a social media post.
"The names of the two people killed have not yet been released.Earlier Tuesday, the sheriff's office said it had responded overnight to reports of people possibly buried in an avalanche in the area.Avalanche danger in the Central Cascades is currently "considerable," a 3 on a scale of 0 to 5, according to the Avalanche Center forecast.
AVALANCHE CASCADE MOUNTAINS OREGON BACKCOUNTRY SKIING FATALITIES
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