Three people are suspected to have been buried and perished after an avalanche on Colchuck Peak near Leavenworth, the Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC) confirmed Tuesday. Survivors told the Chelan County Sherriff's Office of Emergency Management that the slide happened around 1 p.m. on Sunday. Six people were climbing when the lead climber triggered the slide and four people fell. Three other slides then sent snow and rocks on top of the climbers. Three of the climbers are believed to have perished, but the trio has not been safely recovered as of yet. The fourth person was injured and evacuated by search and rescue teams. Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/three-suspected-dead-avalanche-colchuck-peak/281-83b0df7d-9e72-493e-adfd-ada1e4f7680e