An avalanche measuring between 60 to 80 feet deep and 300 to 400 feet wide has cut off nearly 100 houses in Anchorage, Alaska, according to public officials. Officials were not aware of any other recent activity on Bear Mountain, said McDaniel of the state troopers, but the agency warned hikers to avoid the area now because of a continued slide risk. Knowledge awaits. 10:25 PM EDT, Fri March 25, 2022. And maybe in the process of all that, we also look at what risks that were willing to take and what our acceptance level is on a personal level.. 2023 Cable News Network. In March, nine soldiers were killed when two U.S. Army Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopters crashed during a routine nighttime training exercise about 30 miles (50 kilometers) northeast of Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Its all hands on deck and were doing everything we have to do, Bronson said. A soldier from Colorado Springs was among three service members killed in a helicopter crash in Alaska while returning from a training mission, the U.S. Army announced over the weekend. Not many of them are in avalanche-prone areas, Wolken said. This causes more concern at higher elevations and higher latitudes, where warming will not shift much precipitation from snow to rain.. All rights reserved. Avalanches are common along the Chugach Mountains and we encourage anyone recreating near mountains during the winter to always tell someone where you are going, when you will be returning, check avalanche and weather conditions before departure, and to carry an avalanche beacon with your emergency gear, McDaniel said. The U.S. Army says it has grounded aviation units for training after deadly helicopter crashes in Alaska and Kentucky killed 12 in the past month. The avalanche occurred on Wardner Peak, a 6,200-foot mountain near the Silver Mountain Resort in Kellogg. Rest in Peace Erin Lee. If youre set on skiing through the backcountry, bring the appropriate avalanche gear, she says, including a shovel, beacon and probe and take a partner with you. One of Devines friends walked toward the base of the gully that night to search for them, but turned around because it was dark and lightly snowing, the report said. On Monday, the area saw strong winds for much of the day. . The conditions that caused your close-call could kill someone else. Tragedies in the outdoor community shake even those who did not know the people involved, said Mack Fuller. There is continued avalanche risk near Bear Mountain, troopers said, and hikers should avoid the area. He then hiked up the Bear Point trail to peer into the gully from above but could not see anyone according to the report. 20210513 Ruth Glacier, Denali National Park. Before joining the ADN in 2019, she was a reporter for the Grand Forks Herald in North Dakota and previously helped cover the Nebraska Legislature for The Associated Press. Its almost impossible to say any one particular avalanche was caused by global warming, but its also not accurate to say that global warming is not a factor, since all of todays weather is happening in a climate thats already been fundamentally changed by global warming. Full burial survivor. Montana, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and Alaska each represent substantial percentages of avalanche deaths. They were not wearing helmets, personal locator beacons, which would have allowed them to send out a distress signal to search and rescue groups, or an avalanche beacon, which would have enabled them to find one another had one person remained out of the slide.