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A skier died Thursday after being trapped in an avalanche in the Taos ski valley in New Mexico, said a ski resort official on Friday morning.
A second person was injured in the incident.
On Thursday, July 22, Chris Stagg, vice president of Taos Ski Valley, Inc., told ABC News that the two men were stranded for 22 minutes after the avalanche hit a mountain.
The rescuers unearthed the skiers and transported them to the University of New Mexico's hospital in Albuquerque, Stagg said.
Their names were not disclosed.
Albuquerque Journal via AP, FILE After the avalanche, rescuers searched for other people possibly buried under the snow, reported the affiliate of ABC Albuquerque, KOAT. The snow is so deep in some areas that the probes used to locate people can not reach the bottom, Stagg said.
At 11:30 am today, an internal avalanche occurred on the K3 off Kachina Peak. Taos Ski Valley Ski Patrol immediately reacted to the scene.
The trigger of the avalanche is unknown so far but a full investigation into the incident and its cause will be conducted.
– Taos Ski Valley (@TaosSkiValley) January 17, 2019
It is unclear what triggered the avalanche that occurred during K3 firing off Kachina Peak, the station wrote. ski on Twitter.
Joe Raedle / Getty Images, FILE The elevator for Kachina Peak has just opened Wednesday, according to The Taos News. According to the newspaper, the ski lift is about 1,100 feet to allow experienced skiers and snowboarders to get to the top of the mountain.
David Herndon, Bonnie McLean, Clayton Sandell, and Emily Shapiro of ABC News contributed to this report.
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