North Shore man dies from injuries sustained in avalanche
A 29-year-old Olympic Valley man caught in an avalanche Thursday near Alpine Meadows has died from his injuries at Tahoe Forest Hospital in Truckee.
Benjamin Brackett was skiing with two friends March 1 when they triggered the slide. They were climbing with skins on their skis about 500 vertical feet below Stanford Rock when the avalanche occurred.
This video from KTVU Channel 2 explains the difficulty rescue teams have in getting people out of the backcountry in a timely manner.
The area the trio was skiing in is considered extremely rugged. It is on the backside of Alpine, but not in the ski resort’s boundaries.
The Sierra Avalanche Center on March 1 called the avalanche danger “considerable”.
— Kathryn Reed
More details:
http://www.sierraavalanchecenter.org/node/1486
Condolences to friends and family.