Avalanche — Western Uinta Mountains, Utah

Event narrative (NOAA)

A group including two guides, eleven clients, and two snowcat operators were in the Western Uinta Mountains for backcountry skiing. For their final run, the group ascended to the top of a point in the Upper Weber Canyon approximately 10400 feet in elevation with a southeast aspect and slope angle of around 37 degrees. After one guide and two skiers descended, a third skier began descending and fell part way down. A fourth skier began their descent, with the avalanche subsequently releasing at approximately 3:21 pm. The avalanche caught the third and fourth skier, carrying them downhill and fully burying them. A guide called for medical and search and rescue aid, and began searching for the buried skiers. One skier was found buried around 5 feet deep, but was breathing and alert when uncove

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