Snowboarder killed by avalanche
JACKSON, Wyo. (KIFI/KIDK)-UPDATE:
(AP) A skier has been found dead a day after an avalanche in northwestern Wyoming. Teton County Coroner Brent Blue has identified the victim as 28-year-old Trace Jordan Carrillo, of Dubois. An official cause of death is pending. Searchers with a rescue dog found Carrillo under 2 feet of snow Thursday. The avalanche caught Carrillo as he began to ski a slope Wednesday afternoon on Taylor Mountain.
UPDATE: About 40 people from Teton County Search and Rescue, WYDOT, and Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, along with a team of search dogs are involved in the search. The teams have ample resources and ask people to please stay away from the search area.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Teton County, Wyoming Search and Rescue teams have closed the Coal Creek parking lot as the search for a missing snowboarder continues in the wake of an avalanche.
The snowboarder was last seen by his partner, while descending Taylor Mountain, just west of Teton Pass Wednesday. Teams searched the avalanche path and debris pile on the south face of the 10,352 foot mountain. The search was called off at nightfall.
The team is using avalanche beacons, a probe line of seven people and a drone. Weather grounded a helicopter.
People are being asked to stay off of Taylor Mountain Thursday. Other areas of Teton Pass will be open, but back country users are advised to avoid it altogether because of the nature of the search effort.
