Montana avalanche buries Idaho skier, killing him
BOZEMAN, Mont. — An avalanche in southwestern Montana killed a skier over the weekend.
Park County Sheriff Scott Hamilton says 55-year-old Christopher Peterson of Ketchum, Idaho, died. He was skiing with six other people Sunday when the slide buried him in 5 feet of snow near the base of a tree.
Hamilton says probes and an avalanche transceiver helped find Peterson and the other skiers dug him out within 15 to 20 minutes, but he couldn’t be resuscitated.