LEAVENWORTH – Skiers reportedly carried away by an avalanche near Leavenworth on Tuesday miraculously walked away unharmed. A report posted on the Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC) website states they were hiking up the north side of Cashmere Mountain at around 7,000 ft. when a ‘wind slab’ broke loose causing them to be pushed down the mountain by 500 feet. The reporting party rated the avalanche as a ‘2’ meaning that it was big enough to bury, injure and kill a person. No one was injured.
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