Grand Teton Nationwide Park rangers responded to a report of an avalanche sufferer on Monday, Jan. 16, on Albright Peak. The incident occurred above Dying Canyon.
An Idaho snowboarder was injured in an avalanche on Monday after being swept about 600 ft downhill into Dying Canyon, placing a number of bushes alongside the way in which, in keeping with the Teton Interagency Dispatch Middle.
The rider was discovered by rescuers in opposition to a tree on the west aspect of Albright Peak in Grand Teton Nationwide Park. The avalanche was 300-feet large and ran 2,400 ft downhill.
The middle acquired an emergency name at about 11:30 a.m. Monday alerting the park’s search and rescue workers, which responded with Teton County Search and Rescue and a helicopter.
The injured snowboarder was capable of stroll a brief distance to the helicopter. The affected person and two unhurt members of his get together had been flown to a touchdown zone close to the Teton Park Street the place they met a ready ambulance. The helicopter then returned for the remaining two rescuers and the fourth member of the get together, nonetheless on Albright Peak. After additional evaluation within the ambulance, the affected person refused further medical care and self-transported to St. John’s Hospital.
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The avalanche hazard ranking for the Teton forecast zone on the time of the avalanche was average, but skiers and riders ought to all the time train warning when getting into excessive consequence avalanche terrain.
Anybody planning to recreate within the backcountry ought to go to the Bridger-Teton Nationwide Forest Avalanche Middle at jhavalanche.org to acquire an avalanche forecast. Anybody recreating in avalanche terrain ought to make the most of secure journey practices whether or not on skis, a snowboard, or a snowmobile.