UPDATE: One dead, one airlifted after an avalanche near Teton Pass

TETON PASS (KIFI) - A man is dead and a woman was airlifted after an avalanche in the Game Creek drainage on the western slope of the Tetons near Victor.

Teton County Search and Rescue responded to the scene at 3:20 p.m. on Thursday.

According to TCSR's Facebook page, initial reports were that "an older man and older woman were buried and uncovered by their companions. The man was unconscious and not breathing, and companions initiated CPR.

The woman was breathing, conscious, and ambulatory. The exact circumstances of the slide event are unclear at this time.TCSAR responded via helicopter as companions on the ground continued CPR. While TCSAR was en route, it was determined that the male skier had passed away.

The volunteers arrived on the scene and transported the woman via helicopter out of the backcountry to a waiting ambulance. Identification of the deceased skier is awaiting notification of next of kin.

More details about this event will be released as the accident is investigated.

This was Wyoming’s second avalanche fatality of the season and the first in the Tetons."