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.