One of two foreign men swept up in an avalanche in Japan while back-country skiing in the central prefecture of Nagano and found without vital signs on Monday was U.S. professional skier Kyle Smaine, an outdoor magazine said.
The men were among five foreigners engulfed in Sunday's avalanche, which took place at about 2:30 p.m. on the eastern slope of Mount Hakuba Norikura in the ski resort, a Nagano police spokesperson said.
"It is with great sadness we report beloved South Lake Tahoe Professional Skier Kyle Smaine has died in an avalanche in Japan," the magazine wrote.
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