Avalanche — Wasatch Mountains South Of I-80, Utah

Event narrative (NOAA)

A group of skiers was skiing along Gobblers Knob, between Big Cottonwood and Millcreek Canyons, on the afternoon of January 21. An avalanche, about 600 feet wide, was triggered, and two of the skiers were caught. One skier was partially buried and sustained minor injuries. The other skier, a 49-year-old male, was fully buried by the avalanche. He did not have a pulse when others dug him out of the snow, and he was pronounced dead later that day when all attempts to resuscitate him proved unsuccessful.

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