Authorities from both states delivered separate warnings about staying safe following the fatal events
Three skiers have died following two separate avalanches in Oregon and California on Monday, Feb. 17, according to local authorities.
In Oregon, two skiers were buried in an avalanche in an area between the Bend Watershed and Broken Top Mountain “commonly known as Happy Valley,” the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) stated in a news release.
The two people killed in the avalanche were a couple, Sheriff Kent van der Kamp and officials with the Central Oregon Avalanche Center . Their names have not been released to the public…