Missing Snowboarder
From the Anchorage Daily News
The Alaska State Troopers suspended its search this morning for the body of missing snowboarder Brendan Smart on Marmot Mountain in Hatcher Pass.Troopers spokesman Greg Wilkinson, in a news release, said the "difficult decision" followed unsuccessful searches Wednesday using electromagnetic detectors, beacons and search dogs.
Troopers called off the search "until such time as the snow load in the debris field lessens."
Troopers remind backcountry enthusiasts that avalanche danger remains high in many parts of Alaska. Anyone planning a trip into the backcountry is asked to file a trip plan, take necessary beacons, probes, and shovels, and know how to use them.
Yet another reminder that snowboarding - despite it's olympic status - can be dangerous when the conditions are all wrong.
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