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.

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 was killed Saturday when the group he was with triggered a massive avalanche as they climbed a Wyoming mountain, burying him alive, according to officials. The group of four skiers was trekking up the remote Togwotee Pass using a skin track just before noon when they sparked the deadly snowslide that completely covered Kenneth Goff and partially buried another victim who suffered a leg injury,