On Friday afternoon a snowboarder set off a slab avalanche on a 36-40 degree slope above a residential neighborhood that destroyed two homes and left three residents buried among the rubble of their home.

Dozens of residents pouring out of their homes to scour the debris and help dig for victims.

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