snowstorm

High in the Himalayas, such extreme weather means blizzards and snowstorms, which is a huge risk for trekking, mountaineering and tourism.

Just one month ago, on Aug. 16, a 50-year-old man fell to his death after becoming disoriented while descending the Clear Creek Trail during a summer snowstorm.

None of the trio hatched despite Jackie guarding that clutch for 62 hours through an unrelenting snowstorm.

Police were able to trace it to a man who disappeared in the area in June 1997 after falling into a glacier crack during a snowstorm.

Then, a massive snowstorm dropped 12 feet of snow in the area one winter, cutting the workers and their families off from food and the outside world for weeks, he said.