Denali National Park employee dies in avalanche
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Denali National Park employee Eric Walter has been reported dead after being buried in a Thursday avalanche while he was backcountry skiing.
An individual told the park’s kennel staff that they saw a skier trigger an avalanche on an unnamed north-facing slope about 10 miles into the park, near the sprawling park's only road.
Responding rangers found an unoccupied truck parked about a mile away from the avalanche site. A ranger used a spotting scope to look for survivors in the avalanche debris.
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