US Ski Team Members Killed in Austrian Avalanche

The U.S. Ski Team is in shock after an avalanche in the Austrian Alps took the lives of two members of the team's developmental program. Monday's incident took place near the Rettenbach glacier in the mountains at the western Austrian resort of Soelden, which is the venue for the annual season-opening World Cup races. Ronnie Berlack, 20, and Bryce Astle, 19, were caught by the avalanche while free-skiing in Soelden, in the Tyrol region, U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA)...

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