Jackson Hole Avalanche kills two - including well-known blogger randosteve

Two well-known backcountry skiers were killed on Wednesday in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park. Park rangers found the bodies of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort employee Chris Onufer and ski mountaineer and blogger Steve Romeo on Thursday.

Grand Teton National Park rangers and Teton County Search and Rescue initiated the search after being notified that two skiers failed to return home on Wednesday. They found the car of the missing skiers late Wednesday night in a trailhead parking lot 10 miles north of Moran Junction. They began an aerial reconnaissance flight to Ranger Peak at sunrise on Thursday.

They located a large avalanche debris field on the slope of 11,355-foot Ranger Peak just before 9 a.m. and searchers aboard the helicopter received signals from two avalanche beacons. A physical search of the debris turned up the two missing skiers.