Delivery driver Riley Doyle was shaken, but unharmed when a massive avalanche roared down Glory Bowl and surrounded his truck. The Wyoming Department of Transportation reports that the snow slide was roughly 150 feet wide and 2-3 feet high as it came across the road. Doyle told rescuers, “It was white-out conditions and someone had just passed me, so I assumed the road was somewhat clear ahead. But then, my truck just started to come to a gradual stop and then wouldn’t move. I looked out and I was surrounded by snow.” Doyle then got out of his truck and walked out of the slide area, where other vehicles had begun to stop and assess the slide. Doyle says he believes his vehicle may not have sustained damage in the incident. The exact cause of the avalanche was not immediately determined. WYDOT crews responded immediately with the closure and began clearing the area of recreationalists so avalanche mitigation could take place safely. As crews were working, a second, much larger, avalanche near milepost 11 at Twin Slide came down onto the road. Maintenance Foreman Bruce Daigle says that slide was probably a couple hundred feet wide and roughly ten feet tall.
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