Nick Burks, 37, was killed while backcountry skiing last Wednesday. Nick Burks, ... He previously worked with the snow safety team at the Mt. Hood Meadows ski area, the organization added.

Burks was a former member of the snow safety team at Mt. Hood Meadows ski resort and an avalanche forecaster for the Wallowa Avalanche Center (WAC) in northeastern Oregon.

The danger of avalanches 06:48. An avalanche forecaster died in a snowslide he triggered while skiing in eastern Oregon last week, officials said. Nick Burks, 37, and a friend — both experienced ...

Nick Burks was an avalanche forecaster for the Wallowa Avalanche Center and also worked for the snow safety team at Mount Hood Meadows. Skip Navigation.

Nick Burks and a friend were backcountry skiing Wednesday on Gunsight Mountain, ... and before that as part of the snow safety team at Mt. Hood Meadows Ski and Summer Resort southeast of Portland. ...

Nick Burks, 37, and a friend ... and before that as part of the snow safety team at Mt. Hood Meadows Ski and Summer Resort southeast of Portland. ...

NORTH POWDER, Ore. — An avalanche forecaster died in a snowslide he triggered while skiing in eastern Oregon last week, officials said. Nick Burks, 37, and a friend — both experienced and ...

Nick Burks, 37, was "an integral part of our professional avalanche community for years," the Northwest Avalanche Center said ...