SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials have re-opened the only road in and out of a Utah ski area east of Salt Lake City that was closed for days after multiple avalanches. Alta Ski Area visitors and employees were required to stay indoors until Little Cottonwood Canyon reopened Saturday. The […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Authorities have identified a teenager killed by an avalanche while snowmobiling in Utah. The Davis County Sheriff’s Office says 18-year-old Chase Adams was killed Saturday afternoon while snowmobiling with his father in Farmington Canyon north of Salt Lake City. It took search and rescue crews about […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a teenager died after he was buried in an avalanche while snowmobiling north of Salt Lake City. A spokeswoman for the Davis County Sheriff’s Office tells the Standard-Examiner the 18-year-old was snowmobiling with his father in Farmington Canyon when the avalanche happened Saturday afternoon. […]
FRISCO, Colo. (AP) — Colorado remains the country’s most dangerous state for avalanches. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center says the number of avalanche deaths in Colorado since 1950 has far surpassed that of any other state, and last winter was no different. Colorado has had 287 avalanche deaths since the […]
The Utah Avalanche Center says a 45-year-old snowboarder was killed Sunday after he was caught in an avalanche that he unintentionally triggered and was buried. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the male snowboarder left Canyons Village in Park City via a back-country exit gate at the top of the […]
A Utah snowmobiler says he briefly panicked after an avalanche sent him cartwheeling off his snowmobile and buried him in snow in the mountains near the Idaho border. KUTV-TV reports that Matthew Jensen said his friends dug him out after about a minute under the snow because they spotted his […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Emergency officials in Utah are warning homeowners of the potential danger of snow sliding off rooftops in what are being called “roof avalanches.” The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the state avalanche center says there were numerous instances Tuesday of large piles of snow falling from roofs […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities have identified a central Utah man who died after an avalanche buried him as he was snowmobiling. Summit County sheriff’s officials say 49-year-old Jason Lyman, of Mona, was on a snowmobile about 45 miles (72 kilometers) northwest of Salt Lake City on Saturday when […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a central Utah man is dead after an avalanche buried him while he was snowmobiling about 45 miles (72 kilometers) northwest of Salt Lake City. Summit County Sheriff’s officials say the slide triggered Saturday afternoon near Coalville trapped 49-year-old Jason Lyman of Mona […]
Beaver County Search and Rescue crews have recovered the body of a snowmobiler who disappeared in an avalanche Thursday evening on Circleville Mountain. Sergeant Glen Woolsey says three people on snowmobiles were in the bowl area on Circleville Mountain when the avalanche hit. A man riding behind the first two […]
