Avalanche Safety: What Are The Warning Signs
Since fresh snow lures people who want to enjoy the outdoors in winter, it also carries the risk associated with avalanches. Feel safer climbing the slopes and look out for these signs that an avalanche may occur.
Four skiers died in Utah on Saturday when they were buried in an avalanche, the Unified Police Department said.
Eight people were skiing backcountry in Mill Creek Canyon, which is on the east side of the Salt Lake Valley, when the avalanche was triggered.
Four of the skiers died and four survived with minor injuries.
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The Utah Avalanche Center warned Saturday morning that there were “dangerous avalanche conditions” in the state.
The avalanche occurred at an elevation of 9,800 feet on a north-facing slope, according to the Utah Avalanche Center.
Utah government Spencer Cox called it a “terrible tragedy”.
“With avalanche danger high, you have to be extremely careful,” Cox wrote on twitter.
Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson said she was “mourning the loss of life as a result of this devastating incident.”
“We are heartbroken about the tragic news of four fatalities from an avalanche in the Millcreek Canyon area this afternoon,” she wrote on Facebook.
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Two other skiers have already died in Utah avalanches this year.
A 57-year-old skier died in an avalanche in Park City on Jan. 30, and a 31-year-old snowboarder died two weeks before that, according to the Utah Avalanche Center.