Troopers identify man killed in weekend avalanche

Published 9:02 am Tuesday, March 1, 2016

ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers have released the name of the man killed in a weekend avalanche near Nelchina Glacier.

Troopers say 50-year-old Randy Pratt of Anchorage died in the snow slide.

Troopers just before 1 p.m. Saturday took a call that two people on a snowmobile were caught in an avalanche south of Eureka Lodge.

A trooper helicopter flew to the scene and recovered the body of Pratt.

The helicopter departed quickly because conditions remained hazardous.

A second snowmobiler declined medical treatment.