Episode 38 of "MacGyver"
s02e16 Out in the Cold
Title: Out in the Cold
Original Air Date: 02/16/1987 on ABC
Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: Stephen Kronish
Guest Stars: Deborah Wakeham (Ski Patrolwoman), Jonathan Goldsmith (Jack), Robert Pastorelli (Arnie)
Plot Outline:
When Mac and Pete goes skiing, a man switches poles with Mac, only moments before being gunned down and killed by his former friends. But the gunshot starts an avalanche, that covers Mac completely, leaving it up to Pete to convice the mountain rangers to stage a search and rescue before the next avalanche comes. As Mac finally is dug up, the gangsters are there, waiting for Mac, and whatever is hidden in that ski pole...