Nick Burks, 37, was killed while backcountry skiing last Wednesday. Wallowa Avalanche Center A seasoned avalanche forecaster was killed last week by an avalanche he triggered while backcountry skiing.

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 died in an avalanche he triggered on a chute at Gunsight Mountain last week. The skier he was with, William Sterling Sloop, was uninjured.

Burks, an avalanche forecaster with the Wallowa Avalanche Center (WAC) in northeastern Oregon, has also worked as part of the snow safety team at Mt. Hood Meadows ski area.

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 skiers ...

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, an avalanche specialist for the Wallowa Avalanche Center in Joseph, Ore., was killed in an avalanche on March 6, 2024, backcountry skiing in the Elkhorn Mountains, the authorities ...

NORTH POWDER, Ore. (AP) — 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 ...

Nick Burks was an avalanche forecaster for the Wallowa Avalanche Center and also worked for the snow safety team at Mount Hood Meadows. ... Nick Vora, Baker County Sheriff's Office.

WALLOWA, Ore. — An avalanche forecaster died in an avalanche on Gunsight Mountain near Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort in eastern Oregon on March 6, the Baker County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) and ...

Nick Burks died in an avalanche he triggered on a chute at Gunsight Mountain last week. The skier he was with, William Sterling Sloop, was uninjured.