The body of a snowboarder has been recovered from an ice tunnel that collapsed on Oregon's Mount Hood.
A dozen rescuers armed with chainsaws and other tools chipped away at tons of ice and snow on Sunday to find Collin Backowski, who was buried when the natural structure gave way on Saturday afternoon.
Five friends had tried to dig him out, but could not break through the 10 feet of ice and snow, which an official described as being as hard as concrete.
Rescuers quickly responded but halted their efforts at about 11pm on Saturday, then resumed early on Sunday morning.
Hood River Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Tiffany Peterson said that after removing tons of debris by hand, searchers found the body of the 25-year-old from Colorado.
A photo taken before the collapse. Pic: Hood River County Sheriff's Office None of the searchers or other snowboarders were injured.
The ice tunnel was on the White River Glacier, which begins about 6,000ft up the south side of the mountain.
An airplane was dispatched to survey the area, along with crews from the local sheriff's offices.
Seven rescuers, including five members of an all-volunteer group called the CragRats, were on the mountain on Saturday night.
The victim's companions took pictures of the area just before the tunnel collapsed, giving searchers a better idea of where to look.
Warm temperatures made snow on the mountain slushier and more easily sloughed off the surface, adding to the challenge of attempting to reach the snowboarder.
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