A backcountry skier was killed Saturday when the group he was with triggered a massive avalanche as they climbed a Wyoming mountain, burying him alive, according to officials. The group of four skiers was trekking up the remote Togwotee Pass using a skin track just before noon when they sparked the deadly snowslide that completely covered Kenneth Goff and partially buried another victim who suffered a leg injury,

Teton County Search & Rescue was called to respond to an avalanche burial on Togwotee Pass. It killed one skier and injured another.

An avalanche killed a Lander, Wyoming, man who was skiing Saturday on Togwotee Pass. Teton County Coroner Brent Blue told Cowboy State Daily that

Just before noon on Saturday, Teton County Search & Rescue was called to respond to a known avalanche burial on Togwotee Pass. The emergency alert came in via iPhone satellite text-to-911, but it was unclear whether the avalanche involved snowmobilers or skiers.