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Two snowboarders walk away from avalanche only slightly hurt

Two snowboarders walk away from avalanche only slightly hurt




JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) -- Two snowboarders are lucky to be alive after tumbling 1,000 feet down a cliffside near Grand Targhee Ski Resort, rescuers said.




Nathan Goodson, 22, and Jeffrey Tyson, 21, walked away with only bumps and bruises following an avalanche that carried them over two cliffbands Jan. 31, authorities said. One of them was even able to retrieve his snowboard.




The two apparently were trying to peer over a cornice when it broke off, Teton County Sheriff's Deputy Lindsey Moss said.




Rescuers were called in to pull the men to the summit of Fred's Mountain using harnesses. Neither man was wearing an avalanche transmitter.