A Longview lawyer and avid outdoorsman died in a skiing accident at Mt. Hood Meadows last week.

Patrick Kubin, 58, was on a final run with friends Thursday when his ski bindings suddenly released and he was launched headfirst into a 10-foot-deep snow hole, his son William Johanson-Kubin told The Oregonian/OregonLive.

The accident occurred around 3 p.m. at the bottom of the Shooting Star lift near the side of Nettie's Run, said David Tragethon, a Mt. Hood Meadows spokesman.

Kubin's ski partners and ski patrol workers tried to administer CPR to the critically injured man, but he could not be saved.

He was an expert, lifelong skier and a member of Portland's Schnee Vogeli Ski Club, Johanson-Kubin, 28, said. Kubin also worked with members of the U.S. Special Olympics Ski Team, according to his son.

"My dad loved the outdoors and he loved his community," he said.

A graduate of the University of Portland and Willamette University School of Law in Salem, Kubin worked in Longview as a defense attorney and later as a Cowlitz County court commissioner, his family said.

He was a founding member of the Sandbaggers club, which sponsors the city's annual Squirrel Fest celebration, and was president of the Children's Community Resources, which helps provide low-income children with healthcare.

A craft beer buff, Kubin also penned novels and magazine articles, Johanson-Kubin said. He leaves behind four adult children and his wife Jill Johanson, a state court of appeals judge in Washington.

-- Shane Dixon Kavanaugh

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