The skier triggered the avalanche in the Presidential Range on Feb. 26 and was “caught, carried and critically buried” under the snow.

Nearly 50 people survived a deadly avalanche inside metal containers in the Himalayas. Eight people died when snow swept down a slope and engulfed a makeshift camp in India’s Uttarakhand state, near the northern border with China.

Dozens of construction workers have been rescued alive after being buried for nearly two days in metal containers following a powerful avalanche in Uttarakhand, northern India, according to officials.

Eight road construction workers died after becoming trapped under an avalanche in northern India, the Indian Army said on Sunday. Rescuers operating in several feet of snow evacuated 46 other workers. The workers were buried by the snow early on Friday in the village of Mana, in the state of Uttarakhand, as the avalanche hit their camp site.

An avalanche triggered by snowmobilers swept away two people, killing one, Washington officials reported. The avalanche took place at Harts Pass on Friday, Feb. 28, the Northwest Avalanche Center said in a preliminary report. Two snowmobilers were caught in the slab avalanche, which buried and killed one of them, the center said.

The Indian army says at least 4 workers died after an avalanche swept away a large construction crew working on a highway near India’s mountainous border with Tibet.