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Video: Couple outruns Wash. avalanche

Cellphone footage shows the avalanche in action; they survived in an ice cave

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SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. — A pair of hikers hoping to get a close-up view of the stunning Big Four Ice Caves in Washington state wound up having to run for their lives in a frightening ordeal they managed to catch on camera.

When a sudden avalanche Saturday afternoon nearly trapped Colby Dotson and his girlfriend Ashley Bechard under a mountain of snow, the young couple scrambled for survival, reported NBC Seattle affiliate KING5.

“It was like a huge cloud of dust coming down, and I turn around and Ashley was like 30 feet running already,” Dotson said.

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