News: Stevens Pass Avalanche Kills 3 Skiers, Alpental Avalanche Kills Snowboarder

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By media-75233 | February 20th, 2012

Stevens Pass, Wash. — Reports confirm that Freeskiing World Tour head judge Jim Jack, Stevens Pass director of marketing Chris Rudolph and skier John Brenan died Sunday in a slide outside of Stevens Pass ski resort in Tunnel Creek drainage.

At Alpental on Sunday, a 41-year-old snowboarder was killed after triggering an avalanche and being swept over a cliff. His name has not been released.

In the above MSNBC video professional skier Elyse Saugstad — who survived the Stevens Pass slide — recounts the tragic day.

Location: Washington Stevens Pass WA Keywords: Ski Snowboard Resort News News

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