2 More Alaska Avalanche Victims Found
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TURNAGAIN PASS, Alaska — Volunteers searching with 10-foot poles Monday recovered two more bodies from an avalanche that swept through a popular snowmobiling spot the day before, raising the death toll to four. As many as six others were missing and feared dead.
The 30-foot wave of powdery snow roared down the mountainside Sunday while hundreds of snowmobilers enjoyed temperatures in the 40s and sunshine.
Two snowmobilers were found dead shortly after the slide.
State Trooper 1st Sgt. Paul Burke said that, in addition to the two found Monday, six others were thought to be missing, based on calls from people reporting that friends, relatives and co-workers hadn’t returned from snowmobiling in the area.
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