Alaska man killed after being partially buried by avalanche
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 41-year-old Anchorage man driving a snowmobile in Alaska's backcountry died after being partially buried by an avalanche, officials said Thursday.
Alaska State Troopers identified the victim of the Wednesday afternoon accident as Chad Christman.
He was part of a group of people riding snowmobiles near Blackstone Glacier, about 60 miles (96 kilometers) southeast of Anchorage, Lt. Col. Candis Olmstead with the Alaska National Guard said in an email.
It wasn't immediately clear if each person had their own snowmobile or if people had doubled up to ride near the glacier.
The avalanche caught six of the snowmobilers. "Five were OK, but one person had to be dug out," she wrote.