The hikers had some mountaineering experience, but a sheriff official did not know how much.
Three climbers from the tri-state area were killed Sunday in Washington state when they got caught up in the deadliest avalanche to hit the US this year.
The trio were among a group of six people attempting to scale part of Colchuck Peak when the lead climber triggered the snow slide, according to local authorities.The three who died were a 60-year-old New York woman, a 66-year-old man from New Jersey and a 53-year-old Connecticut man, the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office said.
A 56-year-old man from New York sustained non-life threatening injuries and was able to get down to the base camp. Two other survivors weren’t hurt, the sheriff’s office said.That hiker was able to contact authorities by 8 a.m. Monday after trudging 8 miles in deep snow overnight, Chelan County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jason Reinfeld said.Tacoma Mountain Rescue Unit/Facebook
Authorities said rescuers reached the base camp by the afternoon, but soon determined the avalanche conditions were too treacherous to attempt to recover the dead climbers. Instead the surviving climbers were brought back to the trailhead.Reinfeld said three more avalanches crashed down after the first one, which means two of the climbers are buried.The names of the three climbers killed were not released Monday.
The avalanche was the deadliest in the country since four backcountry skiers were killed in a Utah avalanche two years ago.
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