Nick Dodov, a 26-year-old snowboarder from Truckee, California is the second person to die in an avalanche that occurred near Haines, Alaska on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, according to a story on Reuters.
Dodov had been snowboarding in an area north of Haines that is popular with helicopter skiers, according to the troopers. Another member of his party, helicopter-skiing guide Robert Liberman, 35, of Telluride, Colorado, died at the scene Tuesday. . . Both men were buried in six to eight feet of snow, trooper spokeswoman Megan Peters said. They would probably not have been found had they not been wearing avalanche beacons, she added.
Dodov was flown to Seattle in critical condition, but did not make it. Our thoughts are with Dodov’s family and friends.
[Link: Reuters]
