Wash. – Up to eight people are missing and two are reported dead in an avalanche near Stevens Pass that may have been started by an out-of-bounds skier, officials said.
At the same time, a snowboarder has been killed in a separate incident at Alpental, when he plunged over a cliff and fell.
A rescue operation is under way at the scene of the Stevens Pass avalanche, said Sgt. Cindi West of the King County Sheriff’s Office.
