Back-to-back avalanches in the United States kill two skiers

 Rough weather conditions last week resulted in dangerous snow-related accidents across the USA.

Two skiers were killed and at least two others were injured in two separate snow-related accidents that occurred across the West and Northwest last week.

The body of Corey J Zalewski, a skier, was discovered during a recovery expedition on Friday after an avalanche hit a backcountry location in Shoshone County, Idaho, the day before, according to the county sheriff's office.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with Corey's family as they remember the life of this great man," the sheriff's office wrote on Facebook.

According to Captain Seth Green of the sheriff's office, Zalewski was one of three skiers caught in the avalanche, but the other two — Landon E Crecelius and David R Sittser — were found alive despite the harsh weather conditions.

Rescue workers discovered the two at Steven's Peak after communicating with them via a GPS device that also allowed for texting, CNN reported.

Following the event on Thursday, Green stated that one of the survivors had a broken arm.

Additionally, on the same day, the occupants of two vehicles were rescued after becoming trapped in an avalanche on State Highway 21 in Boise, according to an Idaho Transportation Department press release.

Kenneth Kidd, 66, was killed Wednesday in another avalanche at a Lake Tahoe-area ski resort in California, according to authorities.

According to The New York Post, three Australian skiers survived Wednesday's catastrophe at Palisades Tahoe, formerly known as Squaw Valley and the location of the 1960 Winter Olympics. They were Hannah Sugerman, her brother Oliver Thompson, and her companion Callum.

The trio were caught in the landslip when a severe storm dumped snow down the mountain, injuring three people and killing another.

Sugerman claimed she had no warning the avalanche was approaching but could feel "everything rolling around underneath" her feet.

"And it felt quite weighty. "The snow weighed much more than I could have imagined," she told Nine News.