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Avalanche kills snowboarder in mountains near Jackson

JACKSON (AP) — An avalanche in Teton County killed a 30-year-old snowboarder on Tuesday.

The Jackson Hole News&Guide reports that Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue identified the victim as Jed Wesley Foster, a Jackson resident formerly of Indiana.

The avalanche happened on a peak called the Pyramid. The peak is in the Teton Range south of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.

A witness called authoritie...