Teton County Search & Rescue was called to respond to an avalanche burial on Togwotee Pass. It killed one skier and injured another.

An avalanche killed one skier and injured another after the group they were in triggered the large snowslide while ascending a mountain in western Wyoming. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

An experienced skier was killed by an avalanche in western Wyoming on Saturday after he was buried beneath a heavy landslide at the Togwotee Pass in the Teton Mountains, 20 miles east of Grand Teton National Park.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s website, a person trapped under the snow following an avalanche might not have more than 20 to 30 minutes to survive. The department also said there are about 100,000 avalanches annually in the U.S., resulting in an average of 28 deaths.

A skier was killed and another injured after the group they were in triggered a large avalanche while ascending a mountain in western Wyoming. The large snowslide happened Saturday in a backcountry area about 20 miles east of Grand Teton National Park.

A large avalanche in western Wyoming on the Togwotee Pass killed an experienced outdoorsman and left another skier injured during the first weekend of 2025.

A backcountry skier lost his life on Saturday after his group triggered a massive avalanche while ascending a mountain in Wyoming, burying him beneath the snow. A group of four skiers was ascending the remote Togwotee Pass on a skin track shortly before noon when they triggered a fatal avalanche.