The fatal avalanche happened in the Red Mountain Pass area.

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.

Officials in Wyoming confirmed the death of a 36-year-old skier following an avalanche at a mountain pass over the weekend. The avalanche occurred on Saturday at Togwotee Pass in Teton County, which is northeast of Jackson. Local search and rescue crews were alerted about the tragic incident around noon involving a group of four individuals.

A skier has been killed and another injured after their group triggered a large avalanche while ascending a mountain in western Wyoming

One person is dead and another injured after they became buried by an avalanche over the weekend in Wyoming, authorities said.

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 nurse has died and one person was injured after an avalanche hit a group of skiers in western Wyoming. The death of Kenneth Goff, 36, of Lander, Wyoming, marks the fifth fatality caused by an avalanche in the U.