BEND, Ore. (AP) — Search and rescue crews were responding Tuesday to a report that an avalanche might have buried at least one person in Oregon’s Central Cascade Mountains near a snowmobile trail.

The Central Oregon Avalanche Center released a statement stating that the avalanche occurred at 6,700 ft. on a south-facing slope. The bodies were recovered near a snowmobile trail west of Bend.

BEND, Ore. (AP) — Two people were killed in an avalanche in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains, authorities said Tuesday. “I am deeply saddened by the tragic loss of the couple who lost their lives ...