U.S. professional freestyle skier Kyle Smaine was one of two men killed in an avalanche on Sunday while skiing in Japan. He was 31 years old.
Police confirmed to Reuters that the two men who died were among five caught in the avalanche while backcountry skiing on Mount Hakuba Norikura in the Nagano prefecture, host of the 1998 Winter Olympics. Rescue workers found their bodies during a search on Monday, the Japan Times reports. Per the report, the other three people in the party survived. Authorities had issued an avalanche warning for the area after heavy snowfall.