Montana father, son killed in avalanche

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) -- A Bozeman man and his son, who planned to bring in the new year on the top of 10,000-foot Emigrant Peak, died when they were swept away by an avalanche, family members said.

Retired National Park Service worker Donald Cory, 50, and his son Samuel, 14, were hit Sunday by a slab of snow about 1,500 feet from the top of the peak.

The slide flushed Donald and Samuel Cory 1,600 feet down a rock-ridden chute and buried them under about 2 feet of snow.