FILE - Skiers and snowboarders get ready to plunge down the slopes on the season's last official day at Crystal Mountain Resort in Wash., on April 19, 2015. A man has died after he and five others were buried in an avalanche that hit the ski area near Seattle Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. The group of skiers rescued themselves with the help of two witnesses who saw them get swept up by the snow in a backcountry area that is outside the grounds of the Crystal Mountain Resort. (Bettina Hansen/The Seattle Times via AP)