A second avalanche near Santiam Pass has closed Highway 20 in both directions, according to Oregon Department of Transportation. “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek,” by New York Times reporter John Branch, tells the harrowing story of skiers caught in an avalanche.

Central Oregon Avalanche Association. - An avalanche closed U.S. Highway 20 west of Santiam Pass on Monday morning as heavy snow hit Western Oregon. Increased avalanche danger in Cascades Posted Feb 16, 2019 The sun rises over the Three Sisters and an arid scrubland on the eastern side of the Cascade Mountains.

Hood. August 22, 2013 by Pat Fortino. The Oregon Department of Transportation urged travelers to avoid the area. The 6th annual Northwest Snow and Avalanche Workshop will be held on November 3rd, 2013 in Seattle at the U of W Campus.

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Filed Under: Avalanche News. Utah Snow and Avalanche Workshop – Saturday … According to the Joseph, Oregon-based Wallowa Avalanche Center, the Center's Director, Kip Rand, died tragically in an avalanche yesterday afternoon near Chief Joseph Mountain west of the town of Joseph. BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) – Officials say an eastern Oregon man died in an avalanche Saturday while he was snowmobiling in the Elkhorn Mountains. The East Oregonian reported Monday that 33-year-old Richard Stephens was snowmobiling with three others in the northeastern Oregon mountain range when his vehicle was struck and trapped by an avalanche. NSAW Facebook page. Oregon is less than halfway through Memorial Day weekend, and already mountain rescue crews have been dispatched twice to bring down climbers stranded on Mt. NW Snow and Avalanche Workshop – Sunday Nov 3, 2013.