Avalanche Kills Wyoming Snowboarder :
WILSON, Wyo( December 4, 2000)
A snowboarder was killed Friday
by an avalanche that closed a highway in the
mountains of northwestern Wyoming.
The body of Joel Roof, 28, of Jackson was found
under 6 feet of snow, Teton County sheriff's Capt. Jim
Whalen said. Friends reported him missing after
finding tracks that disappeared in the slide.
It wasn't known whether he triggered the slide that
covered some 40 feet of Wyoming Highway 22,
Whalen said. The highway connects the Jackson Hole
region with the Idaho side of the Teton Range.
Ends.
— Press Release, BoarderZone.com Staff