Avalanche fatality at Summit Lake

A North Pole woman was killed in an avalanche near Summit Lake over the weekend. The fatality comes as thousands of Alaskans head to the area for the Arctic Man event.
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25-year-old Claire Sundgren was snow machining in the Summit Lake area off the Richardson Highway Sunday, when she was buried by a snow slide.  Sarah Carter with the Alaska Avalanche Information Center, says the slide was triggered by Sundgren’s husband.
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