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Snowboarder killed in Utah ski resort |
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 Posted by content on Monday 14th November, 2011 @ 08:39 GMT |
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Professional skier Jamie Pierre was snowboarding with a friend yesterday (Sunday) when he was swept off a cliff by an avalanche, the police have said.
The incident occurred in the South Chute area of the Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, which has yet to open for the ski season.
Unified Police Department Spokesman Justin Hoyal, told the UPI that Pierre, 38, of Big Sky Mont., was dead when the rescue team reached him.
Hoyal also said: "The terrain is back-country conditions and should be treated as such.
"No one is allowed on the resort while it is closed. This is a sad and unfortunate situation to remind the public that these are dangerous conditions."
It was Pierre himself who set a world-record cliff jump in 2006 at Wyooming’s Grand Targhee Resort when he dropped 245 vertical feet. |
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