STEVENS PASS, Wash. (AP) - One of the three skiers who died in an avalanche Sunday in Washington state is identified as a judge of competitive free-skiing.

The Seattle Times says Jim Jack was one of about a dozen expert skiers who were on backcountry slopes near a popular ski resort when the avalanche hit.

The newspaper says the director of marketing for the resort, Chris Rudolph, was also killed. The third victim hasn't been identified.

Authorities say a fourth skier was also swept down the mountain about 80 miles northeast of Seattle, but she survived because she was wearing an avalanche-safety airbag that she deployed while buried up to her head in snow.

The three men who died were swept about a quarter-mile down a canyon.

The fatalities at Stevens Pass were part of a deadly Sunday on Washington ski slopes. A male snowboarder was killed in a separate avalanche at another ski area east of Seattle.

Experts have said the risk of additional slides in the region could remain high all season, due in part to a weak base layer of snow caused by a dry winter.