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Avalanche — Wasatch Mountains South Of I-80, Utah

December 14, 2008 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Wasatch Mountains South Of I-80

Event narrative (NOAA)

Following the snow storm the previous day, the Mt. Baldy side of Snowbird resort was open to the public for the first time in the season. Prior to the avalanche, over a period of about 3 hours, an estimated 300 people crossed the starting zone of the avalanche or skied over the slope that eventually slid. At 12:24, a male snowboarder was on the high traverse of Northwest Mt. Baldy and initiated the avalanche. A 27-year-old female, who was hiking up the slope to retrieve a ski, got caught in the avalanche and was buried; she eventually died in the hospital due to injuries sustained from the avalanche.

Other notable avalanche events in Utah

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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