The survival of a man who was buried in an avalanche for over an hour is being described as miraculous.

The man, whose name has not been released, was hiking alone on Flattop Mountain in Alaska on Saturday when large ice block slabs dislodged and buried him upside down in about 2 to 3 feet of snow and ice. Another hiker, Alex Kuprienko of Anchorage, was hiking that same day when he saw two feet kicking out from the avalanche.