Avalanche Claims 2nd Skier in Tetons
Posted on Monday, February 22nd, 2010
An avalanche on the South Teton in Grand Teton National Park yesterday claimed the life of skier Wray Landon.
Landon and two friends had climbed to the 12,514-foot summit and begun a descent of the Southeast Face when the slide occurred. Landon was caught and swept over a 1,500-foot cliff, according to park spokeswoman Jackie Skaggs. The other two members of the party were above the slide and unhurt.
Landon was an experienced mountaineer from Idaho who had been living in Driggs and Jackson. He was 30 years old.
More details on the avalanche can be found here. Landon is the second skier to die in the Tetons from avalanches this winter. In January, a slide in bounds at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort killed patroller Mark “Big Wally” Wolling.
(Photo of South Teton by Conor Miller)
